Church of San Salvador de Priesca explained

Church of the Holy Saviour of Priesca
Native Name:Iglesia de San Salvador de Priesca
Native Name Lang:es
Location:Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain
Geo:43.4851°N -5.3587°W
Religious Affiliation:Roman Catholic
Consecration Year:921
Status:Church
Architecture Type:Church
Architecture Style:Pre-Romanesque
Designation1:WHS
Designation1 Date:1993
Designation1 Type:Cultural
Designation1 Criteria:ii, iv, vi
Designation1 Number:669bis-013
Designation1 Free1name:Region
Designation1 Free1value:Europe and North America
Designation2:Spain
Designation2 Type:Non-movable
Designation2 Criteria:Monument
Designation2 Date:5 February 1913
Designation2 Number:RI-51-0000127

Holy Saviour of Priesca (Spanish; Castilian: 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.

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