Oviedo - Principato Delle Asturie - Spagna

The history of Oviedo more than a millennium old is inseparably linked to the role it has played From the city as the capital of the Asturian Region in northern Spain What was the Kingdom of Asturias in the medieval period became later a Principality Of Asturias and is today an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain The history of Oviedo is evidenced by the richness of the splendid downtown area storic pieces that stand out for their aesthetic beauty as well as their significant role They had in the development of the city The majority of Oviedo's treasures but not all are located within those There was a time when the city walls were medieval The urban layout of this neighborhood has remained unchanged for centuries and allows us To see going back in time both the buildings of Oviedo and their relationship in space The Cathedral of Oviedo San Salvador was built above a basilica dedicated to Salvatore built under the reign of Alfonso II the Castle which in turn was located On the ruins of a church previously built by King Fruela I the founder of Oviedo In 765 AD and destroyed by the Arabs in 794 AD The 15th-century tower topped by a slender spire is very impressive It rises another 46 meters above the height of the cathedral Although the cathedral mainly dates from the 15th century its façade is considered A masterpiece of Spanish Baroque The main portico features Moorish-style arabesques The façade has recently been cleaned of the effects of pollution that accumulated last century The cathedral known as the Basilica of San Salvador gradually developed until Integrate the other monuments built during the reign of Alfonso II The interior is truly magnificent The church has three naves with side chapels a transept and a Renaissance ambulatory The main altar following the line of the back wall of the chapel Main it is entirely wooden and is decorated with a series of style paintings Gothic figures placed inside niches telling the story of Christ The ensemble reveals a Flemish influence The cathedral's chapels each have a different style revealing In this way the period during which they were built The columns that rise to support the cathedral's ceiling have capitals Floral decorated The rose windows open on the top of the transept walls The main chapels of the cathedral date back to the 17th century They are dedicated to Santa Barbara San Rocco and one in a Baroque style to Sant'Antonio The cathedral also houses the tombs of the Asturian kings In the beautiful 15th-century Gothic cloister remnants of the Romanesque structure remain Crisa is from the 12th century Together with the spire this is the most surprising structural element of the cathedral The cloister with the stone buttresses of the richly carved decoration cornices It features small columns and pilasters enclosing a grassy courtyard Along the cloister corridors a series of rooms open up The crypt of Saint Leocadia houses three tombs carved into the rock of the Nave This crypt has a brick-covered ceiling The magnificent 15th-century cloister contains numerous monuments and tombstones of pilgrims In the rooms along the upper corridor of the cathedral cloister It is home to the Diocesan Museum of Oviedo opened in 1990 The eight halls display a collection of precious pieces Among them are tombstones and sacred objects The Asturian pre-Romanesque is a unique style Elements drawn from various styles including the Visigothic and Mozarabic Together with local influences They merge and develop giving rise to their own stylistic vocabulary The church of San Julián de los Prados San Giuliano dei Prati or Sant'Ugliano It was built as part of a series of real buildings It has a basilica plan with a central nave and two side aisles Separate the three pointed arches which rise from capitals to springing and square columns The frescoes that decorate the walls and ceilings of the churc It is the late medieval paintings that have been best preserved among all those present in Spain The influence of Romanesque mural painting from antiquity reveals itself in the numerous decorative elements such as fake marble Intertwined motifs false architectural forms and medallions decorated with floral patterns On the slopes of Mount Naranco stands the church of San Miguel de Lío It was built by King Ramiro I in 848 Originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary She was dedicated to the Archangel Michael after the 12th century The Marian cult was moved to the nearby consecrated palace of Santa Maria del Naranco The church was built with a basilica plan three nave and barrel vault Among the sculpted decorations those on the doorframes that frame the entrance They are simply sublime They are a copy of a Byzantine Roman diptych But the iconography was treated in such a way as to adapt it to the style of the royal court The remarkable grate on the window of the southern wall It is a single carved stone slab A significant part of the construction It rolled in the 13th century probably because of its location near a stream Of the instability of the foundations Near the Oviedo Cathedral stands the Church of San Tirso Built by Alfonso II the Chaste in the 9th century in the Asturian Romanesque style A gift given to the Cathedral of Oviedo by Alfonso III the Great in 897 AD Severely damaged by a fire in the 15th century it has since been the subject of several interventions They have considerably renovated it Of the original church therefore Today only the general outline remains The church consists of three naves separated by rough stone pillars They support the round arches The central nave has a barrel vault with moldings They describe the side windows The last church in Oviedo dating from the Asturian pre-Romanesque period It is that of Santa Cristina di Lena located in the Lena city district The church differs from the typical pre-Romanesque model in that it does not have a basilica plan But sharing common features with other pre-Romanesque buildings many architectural and structural features Santa Cristina di Lena also shows remarkable specificities an unusual character which occupies a special place in the history of Spanish architecture The church is composed of five prismatic volumes The four smaller ones with a nearly square base are arranged around the four sides of a larger rectangular prism Together these five volumes They generate a symmetric cross-shaped plant with the longitudinal axis slightly longer One of the most distinctive features of Santa Cristina di Lena is the raised presbytery At the end of the central nave On the eastern side in the area of the altar Let's see the unique apse Other two spaces the use of which was linked to the Hispano-Visigothic liturgy Practiced in Spain until the 11th century they are reached by crossing the round-arched bridges They hit each other The Santa Maria del Naranco palace is representative of a significant stylistic renewal The morphological constructive and decorative aspects of the pre-Romanesque which provides new innovative resources Therefore it is a huge advancement compared to the immediately preceding periods This church was built in 848 Originally a palace for the leisure and recreation of King Ramiro I It is located on the southern side of Mount Naranco facing the city The upper level is accessible by rough the double external staircase adjacent to the façade The plant is identical to the one on the lower floor The twisted columns we see here are typical of Asturian pre-Romanesque architecture The elaborate decoration that characterizes the palace stands out especially in the hall and the beautiful terrace on the first floor The altar is located outside the actual church Particularly noteworthy ey are cubic-prismatic capitals of Byzantine origin relief decorations with animal and human figures framed by a local-inspired rope-like border In the shape of a triangle and a trapezoid Here is the central room with the six blind arches spanning the entire width along the walls Supported by columns embedded in the wall and a belvedere on each side The city hall of Oviedo is located in Plaza de la Constitución or Constitution Square ext to the church dedicated to Saint Isidore The grandeur and imposing size of this typical city building They make it seem as though it dominates the entire square Oviedo's rich historical heritage boasts splendid monuments dating back more than a thousand years They testify to a variety of architectural styles from different periods that are characteristic of the city Oviedo with its invaluable artistic and architectural heritage It was included by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1985