Article source: Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

The old chapel of the Virgin of Meritxell, patron saint of the Principality of Andorra, was gutted by fire during celebrations in 1972. The Taller de Arquitectura was commissioned to rebuild the sanctuary, but steered away from the kind of archaeological approach that would have been limited to replacing the fallen stones in their original positions.

Image Courtesy Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

• Architects: Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
• Project: Santuario de Meritxell
• Location: Canillo, Andorra

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