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Church of San Salvador de Priesca

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Church of the Holy Saviour of Priesca
Iglesia de San Salvador de Priesca
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusChurch
Year consecrated921
Location
LocationVillaviciosa (Asturias), Spain
Geographic coordinates43°29′6.5″N 5°21′31.3″W / 43.485139°N 5.358694°W / 43.485139; -5.358694
Architecture
TypeChurch
StylePre-Romanesque
UNESCO World Heritage Site
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iv, vi
Designated1993 (17th session)
Parent listingRoutes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain
Reference no.669bis-013
RegionEurope and North America
Spanish Cultural Heritage
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated5 February 1913
Reference no.RI-51-0000127

Holy Saviour of Priesca (Spanish: Iglesia de San Salvador de Priesca) is a Roman Catholic pre-romanesque church, located in Priesca, next to Villaviciosa, Asturias, northern Spain. Only a few kilometres from the Church of San Salvador de Valdediós, it is amongst the latest examples of Asturian architecture.

Architecture

With Alfonso III dead and the kingdom of Asturias divided among his sons, Asturian pre-romanesque architecture entered its last stage. Consecrated on September 24, 921, it has the architectural and decorative reference of the model laid down by the Church of San Julián de los Prados.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, it underwent several reconstructions, altering especially the structures adjoining the vestibule, by communicating them with the side aisles. In 1936, during the Spanish civil war, the original roof burned but it kept most of its sculptured decoration and original paintings.

See also

References

Sources

  • Dodds, Jerrilynn (1990). Architecture and Ideology in Early Medieval Spain. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-01325-7.
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Pre-romanesque art in the Kingdom of Asturias
  • Pre-Romanesque art in Asturias is framed between the years 711 and 925, the period of the rise and extension of the Kingdom of Asturias.
Architecture
1st period (737 to 791)
2nd period (791 to 842)
3rd period (842 to 866)
4th period (866 to 910)
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