HISTORY: CHURCH OF SANTA MARÍA DEL NARANCO.
Feb 11, 2010 Architecture, Asturias, Capitals, Town, Towns, Culture, History, Church, Monument, Monuments, Oviedo, Tourism, Tourism, Asturias Tourism, Cultured Tourism
Oviedo is an Asturian city which I have talked about before in this blog. It is a culturally and historically rich city, proof of which is the church of Santa María del Naranco.
Santa María del Naranco is set in the hillside of Mount Naranco, amongst beautiful scenery and amazing views of Oviedo, just like San Miguel de Lillo.
This pre-Romanesque monument was ordered to be built by king Ramiro I in 842 AD. It is believed that because Santa María del Naranco does not have an apse, but holds the king’s throne instead, it was used as a country palace or recreational royal residence.
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HISTORY: “SANTA MARÍA DE LA OLIVA”
Jan 19, 2010 Architecture, Asturias, Culture, History, Church, Tourism, Asturias Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Natural Tourism, Villaviciosa Tourism, Villaviciosa
In other posts I spoke about Villaviciosa (Asturias), a municipality which is home to a large number of Romanesque and pre-Romanesque monuments.
One of these monuments can be found in the capital of the municipality, in the crossroads that join Oviedo, Gijon, Cantabria and the street of García Caveda. This monument, the church of Santa María de la Oliva, dates from the 13th century and has a mixture of both Romanesque and Gothic styles.
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HISTORY: “AQUEDUCT OF SEGOVIA”
Dec 11, 2009 Architecture, Capitals, Town, Culture, History, Leisure, Villages, Tourism
The most emblematic and best-conserved monument in Segovia that the Romans built on the Iberian Peninsula is the Aqueduct of Segovia.
We are talking about – probably – the most significant monument of Segovia.
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