Iglesia de la Sey

I have gone twice, the first with a group and we visited the church without problem. The other day (a Thursday) we were 4 people and it was not possible to access the church !!!! A real shame My advice: call the visitor center of the Roman City of Valeria before going to ensure that you can visit the church that day.

The church of Ntra. Señora de la Sey, is of Romanesque origin. Under the current church, the remains of the Visigothic basilica may be found. From the original basilica you can see vestiges on all the walls.

Precious! It was an episcopal see in the Visigothic era and it is striking how this small town has such a church. You can see Roman columns from the Valeria site, as well as many ashlars. Ceiling me spectacular wood. Juana, the guide, is worth telling you about her history and curiosities. It has a museum room with treasures, worth seeing.nThere is a well with water that has never been dried, which they use for cleaning the temple. It is an Airón well (indigenous god) where popular belief said that everything that entered was lost forever.

The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Sey, located in the Plaza Francisco Ruiz de Alarcón next to its pretty town hall, is one of those jewels that you have to visit if you are planning a trip to Cuenca, since it is just half an hour from the capital.nRomanesque church, consisting of a central nave and two lateral naves with their corresponding three apses. The wooden coffered ceiling is precious, a part of it is in Mudejar style. In the construction of its arches and walls, Roman columns and capitals extracted from the Valeria site can be admired, which serve as the central support of the ceiling. Even the holy water font is a Corinthian capital turned upside down and emptied.nThey can be seen on its walls, Roman ashlars, Roman funeral steles or ashlars decorated with Visigoth-style flowers. The “Pozo Airón” located in a lateral nave also stands out: it still has water and is of Celtiberian tradition. Impressive bell tower with tunnel at its base.nValeria was the episcopal see until the 12th century, hence the importance of its Church and the Roman site. The Sey Church also has a small Episcopal Museum where an excellent collection of reliquaries and chasubles stands out. Too bad that part of his treasure as well as an altarpiece or images were lost in the looting of the civil war.nI recommend the excellent guided tour by Juana: excellent historian, very kind, friendly and committed to Valeria's recovery.

Romanesque church, with pieces of Roman columns from the city of Valeria, inside the walls.