Trip to the Valle del Silencio
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In the surroundings of Ponferrada we will be able to know two very different Mozarabic churches of great interest: Santiago de Peñalba, a church of a Mozarabic monastery founded by St. Genadio in the magnificent surroundings of El Valledel Silencio, a remote place in the mounts of León, of which a an exceptional church has been preserved in excellent condition, and St. Tomás de las Ollas, a small church in a neighborhood of Ponferrada, of which only an eliptic apse from the original structure has been preserved with access through a bent horseshoe arch, something quite uncommon for that period. We propose a two day long trip that will let us visit also the castle of Ponferrada, recently restored, and the Templun Libri museum of illuminated codex facsimiles. (See records of a group travel to El Valle del Silencio).

-Planned
visits: St. Tomás de Ollas and Santiago de Peñalba.

-Total
approximate distance from Madrid: 820 Km.

-Type
of recommended stay: Rural accomodations in the surroundings of Ponferrada.

-Other
recommended visits: Templar Castle of Ponferrada, Templun Libri museum of
illuminated codex, Las Médulas, at around 40 Km from Ponferrada, Castle and
Episcopal Palace of Astorga,

Mapa del viaje

Provincias de la Ruta:

León

Guía del viaje

Día 1

SANTO TOMAS DE LAS OLLAS

Ponferrada

This small church is located at the entrance of Ponferrada. It has a single nave with a magnificent oval apse that consists of nine horseshoe arches attached to the wall, upon columns and capitals with access through a triumphal arch, also horseshoe, covered with a magnificent groin vault of eleven edges that lean upon the centre of each arch dividing it in other eleven segments of clear Cordovan descent.

Día 2

SANTIAGO DE PEÑALBA

Ponferrada

Situado en el Valle del Silencio se encuentra este monasterio construido a principios del siglo X por San Genadio. Es una iglesia de una sola nave, dividida en dos tramos, con dos pequeñas como naves de crucero adosadas a la primera y con dos ábsides contrapuestos. Toda ella es abovedada, de forma que cada uno de los seis módulos que la forman dispone de un tipo distinto de bóveda excepto los dos de crucero, que debían ser iguales.