- Church of San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista, Santianes de Pravia
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Church of St. John Apostle and Evangelist
Iglesia de San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista(Spanish)Basic information Location Santianes de Pravia, Spain Geographic coordinates 43°30′07.02″N 6°05′56.92″W / 43.50195°N 6.0991444°W Affiliation Roman Catholic Province Asturias Ecclesiastical or organizational status Church Website Official Website Architectural description Architectural type Church Architectural style Pre-Romanesque Groundbreaking 774 Completed 783 St. John Apostle and Evangelist (Spanish: Iglesia de San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista) is a Roman Catholic Asturian pre-Romanesque church situated in Santianes de Pravia, northern Spain.
Cultural references
The foundation stone in the form of a letter labyrinth ("Silo Princeps Fecit") inspired the hypercube of Salvador Dalí's painting A Propos of the "Treatise on Cubic Form" by Juan de Herrera, housed in the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.
The inscription Silo princeps fecit singularly combined in fifteen horizontal lines and nineteen perpendicular columns of letters. The T forms the beginning and the end of the first and last line in consequence of which the name Silo is not to be found till the eighth line and the S which begins it is exactly in the centre of that line and of the tenth column thus the name is in the shape of a cross as the letters above below and on each side of the S form the word Silo.
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Pre-romanesque art in the Kingdom of Asturias Pre-Romanesque art in Asturias is framed between the years 711 and 925, the period of the rise and extension of the Kingdom of Asturias.Architecture 1st Period (737 to 791)Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís • Church of San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista2nd Period (791 to 842)3rd period (842 to 866)Church of Santa María del Naranco • Church of San Miguel de Lillo • Church of Santa Cristina de Lena4th period (866 to 910)5th period (910 to 925)Infrastructure La FoncaladaMajor figures Minor arts Spiritual legacy Categories:- 780s architecture
- 8th-century church buildings
- Churches in Asturias
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