Bisaurri

Bisaurri, in the local dialect Bisagorri, in Catalan Bissaürri, is a municipality in the province of Huesca of the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. It is located in the comarca of Ribagorza the midst of the Pyrenees on the road N -260, which connects the valley of Ésera with the valley of the Noguera Ribagorzana. In Bisaurri as a Benasques (or Patués ) known Catalan- Aragonese transitional dialect is spoken as in Benasque.

Municipality

Bisaurri includes the following localities:

  • Arasan
  • Bisaurri
  • Buyelgas
  • DOS
  • Gabás
  • La Muria
  • Renanué
  • San Feliu de Veri
  • San Martín de Veri
  • San Valero
  • Urmella.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Former Benedictine monastery of St. Just and St. Pastor in Urmella, begun in 1017 (partly ruinous )
  • Romanesque church of Santiago in Gabás
  • Romanesque church of San Esteban Protomártir in Renanué with a semicircular apse and a square tower
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