The church of Sant Jaume Apòstol is a pure Renaissance work built around 1584-1590, designed by the rector Jaume Amigó, a native of Tivissa, with construction directed by Pere Blai, key figures of the Camp de Tarragona school. It has a single nave with a flat-ended apse and a barrel vault with lunettes, four side chapels on each side with upper galleries, and a monumental ashlar doorway with rusticated corners under a triangular pediment. Beside it stands a bell tower with a square base, octagonal body and circular cap, replacing the original tower, which collapsed in the 19th century.
The triumphal arch separating the nave from the apse bears carved dates from successive interventions (1585, 1690, 1778, 1896 and 1972). A fire in 1936 destroyed the original altarpieces and altar. The church still holds a 16th-century Renaissance baptismal font, carved from a single block nearly 1.1 m in diameter, and a Renaissance carving of Saint Isidore. The organ, installed around 1637, was restored from 2000 and reinaugurated in 2008.
The church is protected as a National Cultural Interest Asset (BCIN code 413-MH) and is regarded as one of Catalonia's finest Renaissance works.
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Sources: ca.wikipedia.org · turismepriorat.org
Last updated: August 2026