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Asturian pre-Romanesque Architecture refers to the assemblage of churches, buildings and artistic expression connected with the Kingdom of Asturias, which existed between the 8th and 10th centuries (718-910).
- The Coventin de San Salvador de Valdediós, Villaviciosa
- San Salvador de Priesca
- San Pedro de Nora, Las Regueras
- Hermitage Santa Cristina de Lena
- San Julián de Los Prados, Oviedo
- Cámara Santa of Oviedo Cathedral
San Salvador de Valdediós, “el Conventín”, as it is popularly known, is the temple that opens this list of monuments of the Asturian pre-Romanesque period. It was built in the beautiful valley of Valdediós, in the council of Villaviciosa, around the 9th century. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1931, it stands out for its architectural elem...
Built in 921, the Church of San Salvador de Priesca was recognised in 2015 as a World Heritage Site as part of the Ways to Santiago de Compostela: French Way and Northern Spanish Ways. Inside, there are original remains of paintings with vegetable, geometric and architectural motifs of great beauty and historical value. Although this temple has suf...
The Church of San Pedro de Nora stands out in its surroundings despite its humble proportions. Thanks to a careful reconstruction carried out by Luis Menéndez Pidal in the 1940s, this church continues to be a clear example of a monument of Asturian pre-Romanesque architecture. It has great architectural similarities with other temples in Asturiassu...
Situated on a hill and dominating the valley of the river Lena, Santa Cristina de Lena rises unmoved by the landscape of the high peaksof the Natural Park of Las Ubiñas-La Mesa. Built in the middle of the 9th century, this church is notable for its great state of conservation, but also for its roughness. Its structure consists only of a single rect...
The Church of San Julián de los Prados, World Heritage Site since 1998, is located a short distance from the historic centre of Oviedo. What undoubtedly makes this church unique are the mural paintings that are preserved throughout the building. Although they are deteriorated by the passage of time, it still maintains a significant part of them. It...
To end this list of Asturian pre-Romanesque monuments, we should mention the Cámara Santa of Oviedo Cathedral. It was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 1998, as was San Julián de los Prados. On the other hand, both its structure and its materials place it in the 9th century. At that time it was a palace chapel of the palace of Alfonso II el Ca...
Apr 26, 2023 · The most autochthonous architecture of Asturias loses its roots more than a thousand years ago. The traces of the court in Asturian territory are now more admired than ever for their unique artistic accent. In 1985 UNESCO gave its support for a new cult in the vicinity of these buildings.
After the Moorish occupation, Pre-Romanesque art was first reduced to the Kingdom of Asturias, the only Christian realm in the area at the time which reached high levels of artistic depuration. (See Asturian art). The Christians who lived in Moorish territory, the Mozarabs, created their own architectural and illumination style, Mozarabic art.
To the complex of pre-Romanesque buildings declared World Heritage Site, we must add ten pre-Romanesque structures of civil and religious nature, and an increasingly long list of decorative and architectural elements, as well as inscriptions, scattered throughout Asturias.
Asturian Pre-Romanesque is a singular feature in all Spain, which, while combining elements from other styles (Visigothic, Mozarabic and local traditions), created and developed its own personality and characteristics, reaching a considerable level of refinement, not only as regards construction, but also in terms of decoration and gold ...
