SANTA MARíA DEL NARANCO

'Santa María del Naranco' is an Asturian pre-Romanesque church situated 3 km (1.86 miles) from Oviedo. Ramiro I of Asturias ordered it to be built as a royal palace as part of a larger complex that also incorporated the nearby church of San Miguel de Lillo, 100 meters away. Its structural features, as the barrel vault with transverse ribs corresponding one to one to contraforts at the exterior, make it a clear precursor of the Romanesque construction. The exterior decorations, as well as the use of stilted arches mark the intended verticality of the composition. It was converted into a church at the end of the 13th century.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in December 1985.

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★ Asturian art

External links

★ Santa María del Naranco at the Spanish Wikipedia

★ Spanish Pre-Romanesque Art: Santa María del Naranco