Church of San Salvador de Priesca

Church of the Holy Saviour of Priesca Iglesia de San Salvador de Priesca (Spanish)
Basic information
Location	Villaviciosa, Spain
Geographic coordinates	43°29′6.5″N 5°21′31.3″W / 43.485139°N 5.358694°W / 43.485139; -5.358694Coordinates: 43°29′6.5″N 5°21′31.3″W / 43.485139°N 5.358694°W / 43.485139; -5.358694
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Asturias
Year consecrated	921
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Church
Architectural description
Architectural type	Church
Architectural style	Pre-Romanesque

Holy Saviour of Priesca (Spanish: Iglesia de San Salvador de Priesca) is a Roman Catholic pre-romanesque church, located in Priesca, next to Villaviciosa, Asturias, northern Spain. Only a few kilometres from the Church of San Salvador de Valdediós, it is amongst the latest examples of Asturian architecture.

Architecture

With Alfonso III dead and the kingdom of Asturias divided among his sons, Asturian pre-romanesque architecture entered its last stage. Consecrated on September 24, 921, it has the architectural and decorative reference of the model laid down by the Church of San Julián de los Prados.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, it underwent several reconstructions, altering especially the structures adjoining the vestibule, by communicating them with the side aisles. In 1936, during the Spanish civil war, the original roof burned but it kept most of its sculptured decoration and original paintings.

References

• Dodds, Jerrilynn (1990). Architecture and Ideology in Early Medieval Spain. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0271013257.