Editing Canillo (section)

==History==
[[File:Esglèsia de Sant Joan de Caselles, Andorra.jpg|thumb|left|The 12th-century Romanesque church of ''Sant Joan de Caselles''.]]
[[File:Sant Serní de Canillo. Andorra 17.jpg|thumb|left|Montaup River in Canillo with the church of Sant Serni at background.]]
The etymological origin of the name of the parish Canillo and its capital is pre-Roman, [[Iberians|Iberian]] or [[Celts|Celtic]]. It is documented for the first time in the ''Acta de Consagració i Dotació de la Catedral de la Seu d'Urgell'' (Deed of Consecration and Endowment of the Cathedral of La Seu d'Urgell), during the 9th century, as ''Kanillave'' or ''Sant Serni de Kanillave''. Later on it was referred to as ''Canilau'' as it appears in a document from 1176.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcami.cat/pobles/canillo|title=Població Canillo del camí|website=www.elcami.cat}}</ref>

In [[Prats, Andorra|Prats]] is located the [[sanctuary]] of ''Roc de les Bruixes'', a set of rock-engraved ritual themes dating from the [[Bronze Age]] and the Iberian era, to the [[Early Middle Ages]]. Originally it was a sacred place from where the Iberians extracted stone powder to make ointments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forum.ad/el-roc-de-les-bruixes-era-un-lloc-sagrat-don-els-ibers-extreien-pols-de-pedra-per-fer-unguents/|title=El Roc de les Bruixes era un lloc sagrat d'on els ibers extreien pols de pedra per fer ungüents|date=May 3, 2018}}</ref> Late [[Goths|Gothic]] remains such as the necropolis of Sant Joan de Caselles or the one aside [[Església de Sant Serni de Canillo|Sant Serni de Canillo]] in the late 7th and 8th century provide proof of the early Christianity in Andorra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bondia.ad/cultura/troballes-que-aporten-mes-llum-la-historia-de-canillo|title=Troballes que aporten més llum a la història de Canillo|website=BonDia Diari digital d'Andorra.}}</ref><ref>[http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/bitstream/2445/65707/1/TFG%20Marina%20Camp%C3%A0s.pdf La necròpolis medieval de Sant Joan de Caselles (Canillo, Andorra) Estudi de la tomba 3, individu 90] ub.edu</ref>

The parish maintains its traditional character from the [[Medieval Period]] including old mills and traditional mountain houses. Such as the flour mill of the ''Peano'', a sample of the old sources of wealth of the country, and the buildings that can be found in the old quarter of the capital, such as ''Ca Armany'', ''Cal Fluix'' or ''Cal Ferrer Nou'', as well as the old quarter of [[Soldeu]] or [[Incles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcami.cat/camipedia/patrimoni-arquitectonic-de-canillo|title=Contingut camipèdia - Patrimoni arquitectònic de Canillo|website=www.elcami.cat}}</ref>

The church of Sant Joan de Caselles, Romanesque building from the end of the 11th century, is perhaps one of the most emblematic churches of the Principality. Inside the temple there is a Romanesque [[stucco]] Majesty on a mural painting (12th century) and a Gothic [[altarpiece]] from the 16th century with German and Italian influences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cataloniasacra.cat/llocs/esglesia-de-sant-joan-de-caselles/602/l_ca|title=Església de Sant Joan de Caselles - Catalonia Sacra|first=Tuatara Aplicacions TIC-|last=Micropoint|website=www.cataloniasacra.cat}}</ref> The other churches in Canillo include the parish church of Sant Serni located in the old town of Canillo, original from the 12th century with the structure and interior elements of [[Baroque]] style (17th-18th centuries), the church of [[Església de Sant Miquel de Prats|Sant Miquel de Prats]] (12th-13th centuries) and the church of [[Esglesia de Santa Creu de Canillo|Santa Creu de Canillo]] (1781) located in Canillo at the river bank of the Valira river.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/cultura/2009/11/18/una_tomba_llosa_confirmaria_39_origen_medieval_sant_serni_canillo_24905_1127.html|title=Una tomba de llosa confirmaria l'origen medieval de Sant|date=November 18, 2009|website=DiariAndorra.ad}}</ref>