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.
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.