Vall de Boí
| Vall de Boí | |
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| Municipality | |
Roca de la Feixa mountain seen from Barruera
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 Vall de Boí
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| Coordinates: 42°31′19.91″N 0°50′3.84″E / 42.5221972°N 0.8344000°E | |
| Country |
 Spain
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| Community |
 Catalonia
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| Province | Lleida |
| Comarca | Alta Ribagorça |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joan Perelada Ramon (2015) (IVB-PM) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 219.5 km2 (84.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,111 m (3,645 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 992 |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
| Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
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| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iv |
| Reference | 988 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2000 (24th Session) |
The Vall de Boí (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈbaʎ də βuˈi], locally: [ˈbaʎ de βoˈi]) is a narrow, steep-sided valley and a small municipality in the province of Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, northern Spain. It lies in the northeastern corner of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, on the edges of the Pyrenees. It is the largest municipality of the region, with its main town being Barruera.
The valley is best known for its nine Early Romanesque churches, making it the site of the densest concentration of Romanesque architecture in Europe. It was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 30 November 2000. The valley also includes the highest ski resort in the Pyrenees, at Boí-Taüll, and borders the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park which lies to the northeast.
The Moorish conquest of Spain did not penetrate the high valleys of the Pyrenees. The first Christian counties in the region were set out in the 9th century, in which the local counts paid little heed to their nominal Frankish overlords. The population was largely Basque.
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