Ermita de San Valero

A normal Romanesque hermitage between Las Casetas and Velilla de Cinca, but you always have to stop

Very prettynAnd the party very well

The hermitage of San Valero is a Romanesque church of Velilla de Cinca (Huesca Province, Spain) built on the remains of a Roman mausoleum mausoleum known as San Valero.nThe remains of the Roman mausoleum are mainly a podium, which served as a foundation and now forms the basis of the church. In the east and north facades are three or four rows of very squared ashlar, surmounted by a crown. On the podium there are a few more rows belonging to the walls of the mausoleum, which must take the form of a small temple with columns in the main facade, with a certain resemblance to the Mausoleum of Fabara.nIn addition, near the church they have been found remains of a shaft and two capitals. In a stone wall he took advantage of architrave and the entry contains a fragment of pavement and opus signinum tessellatum.nThe church has a single nave and rectangular. To the contrary of what is the usual orientation, it has the apse to the rapporteur, and feet, which opens the main cover, lift it.nThe ship is covered with two diaphragm arches and wooden beams. They are slightly pointed arches, which indicates an influence of the first Gothic architecture of the late Romanesque influence is confirmed in the sculptural decoration of the main entrance. The cover has two archivolts supported by two columns. The capitals are decorated with plant and geometric themes extending fascia forming a frieze species.nLift on the facade there are two small windows from different eras, one on each side of the door, and a belfry.nIn the south facade there is another door, simpler, round arch with large voussoirs, and also a window that must date from 1705, when reforms were documented to church.nThis church is located on the A-131 towards Huesca. Small tarball is a hermitage, where the town of Velilla de Cinca Celebrate a pilgrimage to the holy San Valero.nThere is a saying: San Valero Ventolero. That is because by that time, usually make enough wind.

Restored very beautiful

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