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Iglesia de Sant Pere Apóstol(Canet de Berenguer)

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In the first body it emphasizes a door framed with Doric pilasters, an entablature with smooth frieze, and cornice with denticulated. In the second body presides the doorway a niche with the image of Sant Pere bordered by two Doric pilasters and a curvilinear arch. Finally there is a window, and the façade is finished with a mixtilinear gable with dentils, decorated by three pinnacles. The bell tower has a square floor plan with arrow slits, repeating the Doric style in the four pilasters on each side.

Both the bell tower and the interior of the church were reformed after the civil war. Some images, altars and furniture of the temple disappeared in 1936, remaining only the pikes and some tiles of the old Via crucis.

The church consists of a single nave, with a barrel vault roof illuminated only by lunettes. The side chapels, between buttresses, communicate with each other. The chapel of the Virgin Mary Against Fevers has a Greek cross plan and is located on the south side, at the height of the presbytery. The altarpiece of the Virgin stands out, an icon of Byzantine style possibly made in one of the numerous Italian workshops of the XVI century.

Although the present church was built in the 18th century, it was built over an older one, possibly from the 14th century. According to written documentation, the first baron of Canet (Francesc Berenguer) stated in his will (dated February 1, 1420) the will to be buried inside the temple of his lordship. These are the words of Francesc Berenguer (written in Valencian of the XV century): "For de alma observing llegexch the burial of my body fahedora in the sglésia de dedo lloch de Canet, according to is custom of gentlemen...e señaladamente la dicha sepultura ab espada, peto, escudo, sobrebesta ab sobresenyals de trapo de oro,..." . According to this will, we can deduce that the church was already built in 1420.

In the Middle Ages, the burial grounds were built around and inside the churches. The old cemetery of Canet was located to the south of the church (in the place known as "el Trinquete"), extending through the courtyard and corral of the rector. Both the written documentation (wills and notarial protocols) and the presence of bones on the floor of the trinquete when the land was removed, attest to this. The burials of the population would be carried out in this place until 1852, when the current cemetery (called "Campo Santo") was built. It will be during the Second Republic when it will be called "Municipal Cemetery", as it was written in the plenary minutes of February 19, 1932: "it is agreed to unite the Catholic and civil cemeteries, removing the wall that separates them by virtue of the order, leaving only one that will be called Municipal Cemetery".

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