Church with a nave that preserves its characteristics both in the door and in the apse.
“Although the Church of Santo Estevo de Calvor is already mentioned as early as the year 785, today there are hardly any exterior traces of its ancient origin. However, there is one piece inside —a holy water font— whose design allows it to be dated to the Visigothic period.”
Although dated to the 12th century, only the presbytery and the triumphal arch remain from the Romanesque period, as it was rebuilt in the 18th and 20th centuries.
A small chapel built in the 19th century, featuring a stone façade crowned by a bell tower. Inside, the main altarpiece stands out, depicting the Virgin Mary under the invocation of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
The church underwent modern enlargements and reconstructions after a fire in the 20th century. Of the original Romanesque temple, only the apse and part of the north wall remain. In the 16th century, a lateral chapel dedicated to the Virgin was added. The interior preserves no Romanesque remains, having been replaced by modern structures. The […]
The Church of San Julián de Chorente in Sarria is a historic spot with Romanesque remains that reveal the medieval influence in the region. Its western doorway and baptismal font stand out as witnesses of a past that still endures and that was later incorporated into Baroque renovations.
It is also a homildous example of the rural Romanesque style of the region.
The Romanesque structure still exists. It has a very homildo-like semicircular apse.
Very modified, it preserves a historical door in the north wall.
This Romanesque temple, with an earlier Visigothic structure, can be dated to around the year 1170. It is in a relatively good state of preservation.
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