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In Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia we discover the treasures of the hidden and beautiful 10th century Romanesque hermitage of Sant Sadurnà de Rotgers, in Berguedà , very well preserved and worth visiting.
We can start by highlighting three elements of the interior. First, a late central tomb. Next, a fragment of a row of decorative opus spicatum, under the central window of the apse, which has two windows decorated with blind arches, characteristic of the early Romanesque.
And, thirdly, the altar frontal, from the 13th century, the original of which is preserved in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, although the copy is also worth seeing in the place for which it was conceived. It illustrates a passage from the life of Sant SadurnÃ.
Near the church is a 10th-century stone-walled construction that has been identified as the Palatium Rodegarii. In fact, the place of Rotgers is mentioned for the first time in the year 888 when reference is made to the Palau Rodegari, which was a possession of Santa MarÃa de Ripoll.
It is believed that it is a center or strong house from the time of the repopulation in which the name of its owner ended up becoming the place name of the area.
We found the church going in the direction of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà . Three kilometers after the village of Borredà , there is the path that takes us to Sant Sadurnà de Rotgers, declared a Historic-Artistic Monument.
It is documented from the 10th century, but no vestige of the building from that first period has been preserved, since the current constructions belong to the 11th and 12th centuries.
It is a small church with a single nave, covered with a slightly pointed vault and crowned by a semicircular apse. Above the nave rises a bell tower with a square section and two floors.
