Church of Santiago (Sariego) explained

Church of Santiago (Sariego)
Location:Asturias, Spain
Denomination:Roman Catholic

The Church of Santiago (Spanish; Castilian: Iglesia de Santiago de Sariego or Santiago el mayor) is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Sariego, in the community of Asturias, Spain.

Originally built in the 10th century, the church has pre-Romanesque windows reminiscent of those of the Church of San Salvador de Valdediós. (Pre-Romanesque architecture in Asturias is framed between the years 711 and 910, the period of the creation and expansion of the kingdom of Asturias).[1] It was refurbished in the 15th or 16th centuries.

The church was burned down during the Spanish Civil War and rebuilt..

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Archaeology of Iberia: The Dynamics of Change . S. J. Keay, Margarita Díaz-Andreu García . 1997. Routledge. 0-415-12012-8. 236.