San Andrés Church

Villaviciosa, Spain

San Andrés is a church in the parish of Bedriñana. It dates to the 9th century and was declared a national monument in 1931. The nave was built in the tenth century. Four of the original windows above the nave survive. Significant additional expansion occurred in the 12th-13th centuries and again in the 16th. In 1916, additional improvements were made to the building for use as a school.

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Founded: 9th century AD
Category: Religious sites in Spain

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Olga S (4 months ago)
Beautiful pre Romanesque windows ?
Ladelamanofurada (10 months ago)
Romanesque church of San Andrés de Bedriñana (13th century), in Bedriñana (Villaviciosa, Asturies). We would have here a temple that would be structurally ascribed in origin to the Asturian pre-Romanesque (10th century). Now it looks very altered, preserving only decorative remains - a latticework and 4 openings -, from what appears to be the same workshop that manufactured San Salvador de Valdediós. Very renovated: three moments: pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and baroque (17th century). Unique ship. Rectangular head and side chapels from the reform of 1672, built by the Mones Hevia-Valdés lineage, as a pantheon. Romanesque main arch on columns from the 16th century. XIII. The sacristy and the belfry are from the 16th century. XIX. Rehabilitated (2002-04).
JM BH (2 years ago)
Great place, beautiful church with a lot of history in the middle of a beautiful environment
Eduardo Martin (2 years ago)
Precious example of pre-Romanesque art in Asturias
josemanuel alvarez perez (2 years ago)
Passing through the route that leaves from Tazones to Villaviciosa, a walk that offers little to see
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