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The Saint-Pierre de Riuferrer church, located in Arles-sur-Tech in the Eastern Pyrenees, is a 12th century Romanesque building. It is distinguished by its regular apparatus and its sculpted granite portal. Built near the mouth of the Riuferrer in the Tech, it replaces a first cella founded around the year 800 by Abbé Castellan I, attested in 820 under the name eccl. S. Petri in Arulas.

The present church was consecrated in 1159 by Arnal, bishop of Elne. It adopts a single-nave vaulted plan, extended by an apse. Its Romanesque style and materials, such as the apparatus stone, reflect local medieval construction techniques. The monument, inscribed in historical monuments since January 14, 1954, bears witness to the religious and architectural importance of Vallespir in the Middle Ages.

Historical sources also mention studies on the Romanesque portals of Vallespir (XIIth–XIIIth centuries), highlighting its integration into a network of medieval churches. Its inscription as a historical monument in 1954 allowed its preservation, while highlighting its role in Catalan religious heritage. Bibliographical references, such as those of Laurence Carrière or Aymat Catafau, deepen its historical and architectural context.

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