Royal Doorway. Monastery of Santes Creus

Description

This doorway consists of a semi-circular arch made up of wide voussoirs, surrounded by archivolts and with a dripstone terminating in finials. On either side of the door are what may be the vestiges of a hypothetical unfinished porch. The Royal Doorway was built on the initiative of the royal house. That is why one of the voussoirs is carved with the four- barred arms of Jaume the Just and two others with the fleur de lys of Blanca d’Anjou.