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Mountenesque pictures winning in Andorra

on Jan 03, 2013

Andorra was the smallest country participating in the 2012 Wiki Loves Monuments competition, but that doesn’t mean that there are no beautiful places to photograph! Being located in the Pyrenees mountain chain between Spain and France, photos of Andorran heritage are almost guaranteed to offer a stunning view in the background. In the 2011 competition it was already accomplished that every monumental building in the country had a photo on Wikipedia, this year the goal was to provide different, more and better pictures to document them as well as possible.

Because of the smaller size of the country, it may be not so surprising that several people won multiple prizes in the top-10 of Andorra. Congratulations!

1st place: Romanesque Church of Sant Miquel d'Engolasters

1st place: Romanesque Church of Sant Miquel d’Engolasters, by Angela Llop

2nd place: Church tower of Sant Martí de la Cortinada

2nd place: Church tower of Sant Martí de la Cortinada, by Maria Rosa Ferré

3rd place: Romanesque Church of Sant Romà de les Bons

3rd place: Romanesque Church of Sant Romà de les Bons, by Angela Llop

Old Santuary of Meritxell

Old Santuary of Meritxell, by Ferran Llorens

Romanesque Bridge of La Margineda over River Valira

Romanesque Bridge of La Margineda over River Valira, by Jaume Meneses

Environs of Sant Miquel d'Engolasters

Environs of Sant Miquel d’Engolasters, by Weefemwe

Romanesque and Medieval Church of Sant Martí de la Cortinada

Romanesque and Medieval Church of Sant Martí de la Cortinada, by Maria Rosa Ferré

Church tower of Sant Miquel d'Engolasters

Church tower of Sant Miquel d’Engolasters, by Maria Rosa Ferré

Church tower of Sant Joan de Sispony

Church tower of Sant Joan de Sispony, by Maria Rosa Ferré

Pre-Romanesque Church of Santa Coloma d'Andorra

Pre-Romanesque Church of Santa Coloma d’Andorra, by Maria Rosa Ferré

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  • Lodewijk

    Lodewijk "Effeietsanders" Gelauff has been an active member of the Wikimedia community since 2005; over the years, he helped out as a steward and an administrator of several wikis as well as a board member of Wikimedia Nederland, member of the Chapters Committee and organiser of various internal Wikimedia activities. In 2010, he led Wiki Loves Monuments in the Netherlands together with Maarten, and was mainly responsible for the community-related part of the contest as well as for documentation, and internal and external communication. In 2011-2013, he was a member of the international organizing team. After that, he has remained involved as jury coordinator and advisor.

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