Gessa
Description
The town of Gessa (163 inhabitants) is located at an altitude of 1,232 m, at the foot of the Corilha mountain and next to the Corilha ravine. Presiding over the small group of houses is the parish church of Sant Pèir, a building of Romanesque origins that has been extensively renovated.
Inside, it retains Romanesque elements: a baptismal font, a stone cube and an altar foot. The image of Sant Pèir, in the center of the high altar altarpiece, is a polychrome carving of the best found in the Valley. There is also a display case in which an interesting collection of sculptures of religious themes made of boxwood, made by Francesc Pont, is displayed.
There is a second chapel located at 1,800 m altitude, Sant Marti de Corilha, where you go on pilgrimage on the second Saturday of June. At the entrance to the village and at the intersection with the real road that goes to Unha there is a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Montserrat.
Among the preserved ancient houses, “Çò de Ròsa” stands out with a notable cylindrical stone tower with sculpted shields and on the threshold of the door with the year of construction, 1589, and the so-called Çò de Chelina, with a shield dated 1575 .
He celebrates his feast day for San Pere on June 29