Bagües

Room of Bagües

If you go into the cathedral of Jaca you can visit the Diocesan Museum where you can find different rooms dedicated to romanesque painters.

One of them is the chapel of Bagües. Bagües was a church that was in a village called Bagües, it was in ruins. In the XIX century (...)decided to move (...) to the cathedral museum.

The architect designed a room like the Bagües church and we can see it.

Some people think that it is the chapel Sixtine but in the Romanesque style. Perhaps it is true since the story that its walls tells it is similar.You must read left to right and you will find stories change preposition about Holy Bible like the Creation of Adam and Eve, Resurrection of Lazarus and other scenes.

In the apse you can see the Pantocrator, it´s the Christ figure in a "mandorla", shape of almond, he is an important figure and his colours are brilliant.

In those times people couldn´t read and the painter tryed to make his art (was) very easy to understand.

This painter is very important in the romanesque style.