From Pre Romanesque to Romanesque in Orense
The
route follows through the township of Celanova that has the smallest church in
Mozarabic style: St. Miguel de Celanova, built around 940 in an orchard from
the monastery of Celanova.
The
next stopover is the town of St. María Magdalena de Francelos, in Ribadavia,
which counts with a church from the 9th century: St. Ginés de Francelos, famous
for being the sole temple with clear elements of Asturian Pre Romanesque
outside Asturias.
The
tour continues through the township of St. Cristovo de Cea. There we find the
monastery of St. María de Oseira, already from the Romanesque period, one of
the largest and magnificent in all Galicia.
Next
stop is the magnificent cathedral of Orense, that meet Romanesque, Cistercian
and Gothic elements.
Next
stop is the Benedictian monastery of St. Cristina de Ribas de Sil, in Parada de
Sil, a temple of proportionate beauty between the landscape and its locartion.
The
trip continues in Santo Estevo, in Nogueira de Ramún, from which the famous monastery
of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil stands out, -turned nowadays into a Parador-
located along the route of the Ribeira Sacra.
-Planned
visits: church of St. Comba de Bande, church of St. Miguel de Celanova, church
of St. Ginés de Francelos, monastery of St. María de Oseira, cathedral of
Orense, monastery of St. Cristina de Ribas de Sil and monastey-parador of Santo
Estevo de Ribas de Sil.
Total
approximate distance of the trip: 218 Km.
-Type
of recommended stay: Rural accomodations in the surroundings of Orense.
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Día 1
Excellent example of a cruciform church, possibly the first one of its kind ever built. It has the shape of a Greek cross, totally vaulted, a single nave, an apse and a portico forming two simetrical lower and narrower ends, and a crossing nave of equal height forming a balanced ensemble with the main one. It has a lantern covered by a hipped roof over the crossing of both.
Built around 940 by St. Rosendo in memory of his brother Froila, this small oratory of 8.5 x3.85 x 6m, built with large blocks of well cut granite, consists of three small areas communicated through horseshoe arches: a lobby covered with a horseshoe dome, a central nave of groin vault, both rectangular, and a horseshoe shaped apse inscribed in a square wih shell dome.
Small rectangular hermitage possibly built in the 15th century in which elements of one or several High Medieval churches were reutilised, among which a magnificent horseshoe arch points out, of Visigothic trace, supported by impost capitals with a decoration that recalls the Ramiro art style, upon columns decorated and composed bases. It is also very interesting an Asturian type window with excellent openwork lattice in stone.
Día 2
Templo cisterciense consagrado en 1239. Consta de tres naves separadas por arquerías apuntadas, un transepto y una gran cabecera con deambulatorio, también separados por arquerías de medio punto. El monasterio se completa con tres claustros y dos torres añadidas en el siglo XVI.
Temple constructed in three phases for what it re-joins in the first Romanesque plan of construction, Cistercian solutions and some elements of the Gothic art. It consists of three naves covered by vault of crucería, a great ship of cruise with Gothic dome and three apses of semicircular plant.
Día 3
Iglesia románica cruciforme, de una sola nave, transepto y triple cabecera, situada en un paisaje excepcional en el cañón del río Sil. Conserva parte de un claustro y todo el conjunto posee una magnífica decoración.
Consagrada en el siglo XII, la iglesia de Santo Estevo es uno de los más bellos ejemplares del románico gallego. Su planta, espaciosa y proporcionada, es basilical y está dividida en tres naves de cuatro tramos, con los tres ábsides en la cabecera. Ésta y el tramo siguiente corresponden al románico, mientras que los dos posteriores se asocian a un gótico avanzado
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