Location Villaviciosa, Spain Year consecrated 921 Architectural style Pre-Romanesque Architectural type Church | Affiliation Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical or organizational status Church Province Asturias | |
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Address 33316 Priesca, Asturias, Spain Similar Church of San Salvador, Church of Santiago de Gobie, Church of Santa María de, Church of Santo Adriano d, Church of San Pedro de Nora | ||
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.