Church of San Pedro de Nora
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Saint Peter of Nora is a Roman Catholic Pre-Romanesque church, located in Las Regueras
, Spain
, beside the Nora river, about 12 km from Oviedo
. The church is recorded for the first time in a donation document of Alfonso III of Asturias in 905.
Given its similarities with the church of San Julián de los Prados
and the church of Santa María de Bendones
, it was probably built in the times of Alfonso II of Asturias
. Declared National Monument in 1931, the church burnt in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War
. It was rebuilt by Luis Menéndez Pidal.
: facing eastwards, vestibule separate from the main structure, basilica-type ground plan, central nave higher than the side aisles, with intersecting wooden roof and lit by Windows with stone lattice. The straight sanctuary is divided into three apses with barrel vaults. As a differentiating element, the apses were joined to each other through the dividing walls by semicircular-arched doors. Like all the churches from this period, there was a room over the apse, only accessible from outside through a trefoil window. The bell tower, separate from the church like in Santa María de Bendones
, does not belong to the original construction, and stems from an initiative in the seventies by the architect and great restorer of Asturian Pre-Romanesque, Luis Menéndez Pidal.
Las Regueras
Las Regueras is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Illas and Llanera, on the south by Grado, on the west by Candamo, and on the east by Oviedo and...
, Spain
Spain
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, beside the Nora river, about 12 km from Oviedo
Oviedo
Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....
. The church is recorded for the first time in a donation document of Alfonso III of Asturias in 905.
Given its similarities with the church of San Julián de los Prados
San Julián de los Prados
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and the church of Santa María de Bendones
Church of Santa María de Bendones
St. Mary of Bendones is a Roman Catholic Asturian Pre-Romanesque church situated in Bendones, Spain, build between 792 and 842.It was appointed Spanish National Monument in 1958...
, it was probably built in the times of Alfonso II of Asturias
Alfonso II of Asturias
Alfonso II , called the Chaste, was the king of Asturias from 791 to his death, the son of Fruela I and the Basque Munia.He was born in Oviedo in 759 or 760. He was put under the guardianship of his aunt Adosinda after his father's death, but one tradition relates his being put in the monastery of...
. Declared National Monument in 1931, the church burnt in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. It was rebuilt by Luis Menéndez Pidal.
Architecture
This church has the construction style established in church of San Julián de los PradosSan Julián de los Prados
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: facing eastwards, vestibule separate from the main structure, basilica-type ground plan, central nave higher than the side aisles, with intersecting wooden roof and lit by Windows with stone lattice. The straight sanctuary is divided into three apses with barrel vaults. As a differentiating element, the apses were joined to each other through the dividing walls by semicircular-arched doors. Like all the churches from this period, there was a room over the apse, only accessible from outside through a trefoil window. The bell tower, separate from the church like in Santa María de Bendones
Church of Santa María de Bendones
St. Mary of Bendones is a Roman Catholic Asturian Pre-Romanesque church situated in Bendones, Spain, build between 792 and 842.It was appointed Spanish National Monument in 1958...
, does not belong to the original construction, and stems from an initiative in the seventies by the architect and great restorer of Asturian Pre-Romanesque, Luis Menéndez Pidal.