Church of Santa Eulalia de Ujo

Mieres, Spain

Church of Santa Eulalia de Ujo was erected in the 12th century, but it was moved in 1922 to make way for a railroad. Elements of the original Romanesque church, including the main portal and parts of the apse were incorporated into the present church.

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Plaza Iglesia 1, Mieres, Spain
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Founded: 12th century
Category: Religious sites in Spain

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Ladelamanofurada (4 months ago)
Church of Santolaya de Ujo (Uxo, Mieres, Asturies). It is a church with Romanesque elements (12th-13th centuries), on the Camino de Santiago, next to the railway tracks, although the image we see today is a recomposed temple, because it was demolished in 1922, due to the need to improve the layout. railway (electrification of the Uxo-Busdongo section). Some Romanesque elements were rescued: the exedra, which stands out as a side chapel to the E. (original apse); the triumphal arch, relocated to the mouth of the new apse; the main doorway, which as usual was to the W., was relocated to the N. In 1956, in the archaeological excavations, the so-called 'Lauda del Niño Velasco' (921) and other children's tombs were found, the remains of a Christian necropolis that next to the 'pre-Romanesque' church already existed in the ss. IX-X (according to the donation of Ordoño I in 860). The current church (1924), historicist - neo-Romanesque, of pre-Romanesque inspiration -, the work of the municipal architect José Avelino Díaz Fdez-Omaña (1889-1960).
Olga S (4 months ago)
Old little church
Manuel Martinez (5 months ago)
Beautiful, it is worth visiting. It is very well preserved and is from the 12th century.
Olga S (2 years ago)
Old little church
Luis fernando Lopez alvarez (2 years ago)
A beautiful building and a wonderful priest, very attentive with a baptism
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