The parish church of Santa Maria de Covet was the mother of the churches of Llordà and Siall and the hamlet of Els Masos de Sant Martí This lovely Romanesque work, has become famous for its carved portal, which is one of the most original Romanesque portals in Catalonia. Joaquin Yarza has noted the influence of the workshops of Toulouse and suggests that it dates from between 1150 and 1160.


On its sculpted archivolts and tympanum there is an iconographic representation of the fall and redemption, images from the Old and New Testaments and a wide range of other depictions of biblical scenes.


The church, which dates from slightly earlier (it was perhaps begun around 1116), has a Latin cross plan, three apses and an interior gallery behind the front rose window It was declared a national monument in 1921; and its roof was repaired in 1981. A popular Romanesque sculpture of the Virgin Mary, at present in the Museu d'Art de Catalunya, also originally comes from this church. The place of Covet is documented in 1033 as marking the border of the domain of Llodà Castle. There are two Roman stone tablets bearing inscriptions there.