San Juan de Rabanera explained

San Juan de Rabanera
Native Language:Spanish
Coordinates:41.7627°N -2.4655°W
Location:Soria, Spain
Designation1:Spain
Designation1 Offname:Iglesia de San Juan de Rabanera
Designation1 Type:Non-movable
Designation1 Criteria:Monument
Designation1 Date:1929
Designation1 Number:RI-51-0000337

The San Juan de Rabanera is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located in Soria, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1929.

Construction began in the 12th century, but the church has been refurbished since, and had the addition of chapels. The highly sculpted main portal derives from the razed church of San Nicolás, moved here in 1908. The apse has flat striated pillars, one of which forms the axis of symmetry, separating two windows with semi-circular arches as opposed to the most common single one.

The interior has gothic elements, but the rounded apse has Romanesque window moldings.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lafronteradelduero.com/Paginas/sanjuanderabanera.html La Frontera del Duero