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San Pedro De La Nave
San Pedro de la Nave ("St. Peter of the Nave") is an Early Medieval church in the province of Zamora, Spain. It is in the locality of El Campillo in the municipal unit of San Pedro de la Nave-Almendra. It was moved from its original site near the River Esla when the land was to be flooded by the construction of the Ricobayo reservoir. The church, one of the oldest churches in Spain, is of architectural interest and is being considered for World Heritage Site status along with nine other Mozarabic sites. It is currently on a "tentative list" (part of the nominating process). History The traditional interpretation is that the church foundation goes back to the reign of Egica in the seventh century, having been built between 680 and before the Muslim conquest of Hispania in 711; San Pedro de la Nave would thus be one of the last works of Visigothic architecture. The church's first design corresponded to a Roman cross in plan, although later two lateral naves were added, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presbytery (architecture)
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. Overview The chancel is generally the area used by the clergy and choir during worship, while the congregation is in the nave. Direct access may be provided by a priest's door, usually on the south side of the church. This is one definition, sometimes called the "strict" one; in practice in churches where the eastern end contains other elements such as an ambulatory and side chapels, these are also often counted as part of the chancel, especially when discussing architecture. In smaller churches, where the altar is backed by the outside east wall and there is no distinct choir, the chancel and sanctuary may be the same area. In churches with a retroquire area behind the altar, this may only be included in the broader definition of chancel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bien De Interés Cultural Landmarks In The Province Of Zamora
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List Of Oldest Church Buildings
This article lists some but by no means all of the oldest known church buildings in the world. In most instances, buildings listed here were reconstructed numerous times and only fragments of the original buildings have survived. These surviving freestanding buildings were purposely constructed for use by congregations (or used at an early date). The dates are the approximate dates when they were built and/or reconstructed and/or first used by Christian congregations for worship. The term ''church'' may be used in the sense of "Christian denomination" or in the singular as the Christian Church as a whole. The "church" (Greek , 'assembly') is traced to Pentecost and the beginning of the Christian mission in the first century and was not used in reference to a building. According to the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' the Cenacle (the site of the Last Supper) in Jerusalem was the "first Christian church." The Dura-Europos church in Syria is the oldest surviving church building in the wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Ferrant Vázquez
Alejandro Ferrant Vázquez (Madrid, 1897–1976) was a Spanish architect. Ferrant worked as a monument restorer starting in 1929, within the services provided by the Second Spanish Republic. He was in Asturias, León, Galicia, Cantabria and Zamora, working in the restoration of the Oviedo and Santiago de Compostela cathedrals, also in the ''colegiata'' (collegiate church) of Santillana del Mar and the ''colegiata'' of Toro. Later his works of restoration were overall in the east part: Catalonia, Valencia and Balearic Islands, namely in the cathedrals of Palma, Lleida, Tarragona and Valencia and also in the monasteries of Ripoll, Santes Creus and Poblet. During his professional life, he managed to create a large archive of photographs and reports which were donated to the Biblioteca Valenciana. In the College of Architects of Lleida there are more than 24,285 photographs A photograph (also known as a photo, or more generically referred to as an ''image'' or ''pictur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez
Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez (21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain – 7 June 1970 in Madrid, Spain), was a Spanish archaeologist and historian. Biography Martinez was born 21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain. He is the son of noted painter and amateur archaeologist, Manuel Gómez-Moreno González and Dolores Martínez Almirón. He authored many books, nearly 300, mostly focused on Hispanic archeology and art history. During the first years of the twentieth century he wrote '' Catálogo Monumental y artístico de España'' (en: ''Monumental and Artistic Catalog of Spain''). He also developed an interest in linguistics and in his 70s was made a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, which regulates the Spanish language. Gómez-Moreno was named Doctor honoris causa by the universities of Montevideo and Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricobayo Dam
The Ricobayo Dam (in Spanish: ''presa de Ricobayo'' or ''salto de Ricobayo'') is a hydroelectric engineering work built on the lower course of the Esla river. It is located less than 1 km from Ricobayo de Alba, in the province of Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain. The section in which it is located is known as the arribes of Esla, a deep geographic depression caused by the millenary erosion of the river. It is part of the Saltos del Duero system together with the infrastructures installed in Aldeadávila, Almendra, Castro, Saucelle and Villalcampo. History The first project dates from 1919, although the projected height and capacity of the reservoir were lower. Soon the engineers of the Sociedad Hispano Portuguesa de Transportes Eléctricos realized that the flows of the Esla river were capable of creating the largest reservoir in Europe at that time (1200 hm³) with a large regulating capacity that would allow winter water to be stored. This is why in the Agreement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esla River
The Esla is a river in the provinces of León and Zamora in the northwest of Spain. It is a tributary of the Duero River that starts in the Cantabrian Mountains and is long. Its direction of flow is from north to south. It is the largest tributary of the Duero in terms of discharge; in fact, at its mouth at the confluence with the Duero, it has a greater discharge than the volume in the main river. The most official source of the river is the “Fuente del Naranco” in Valdosín (near La Uña in León province).Atlas de España (1992). El Pais. Aguilar S.A. de Ediciones. This river was known as the Astura to the ancient Romans, from which the Asturian people took their name. They were ancestors of the modern inhabitants of Asturias and León, living on both sides of the Cantabrian Mountains. Many of the toponyms in the area owe their name to the river; for example, Villafalé (''Villa Fértil a orillas del Río Astura''), ''Vega del Esla'', ''Mansilla del Esla'', etc. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Monument (Spain)
The current legislation regarding historical monuments in Spain dates from 1985. However, ''Monumentos nacionales'' (to use the original term) were first designated in the nineteenth century. It was a fairly broad category for national heritage sites protecting, for example, the Alhambra. The overarching category for Spanish heritage sites is now ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' ("good of cultural interest"). . Now there are some 13,000 monuments registered by the |
Capital (architecture)
In architecture, the capital () or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface. The capital, projecting on each side as it rises to support the abacus, joins the usually square abacus and the usually circular shaft of the column. The capital may be convex, as in the Doric order; concave, as in the inverted bell of the Corinthian order; or scrolling out, as in the Ionic order. These form the three principal types on which all capitals in the classical tradition are based. The Composite order was formalized in the 16th century following Roman Imperial examples such as the Arch of Titus in Rome. It adds Ionic volutes to Corinthian acanthus leaves. From the highly visible position it occupies in all colonnaded monumental buildings, the capital is often selected for ornamentation; and is often the clearest indicator of the architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horseshoe Arch
The horseshoe arch (; ), also called the Moorish arch and the keyhole arch, is a type of arch in which the circular curve is continued below the horizontal line of its diameter, so that the opening at the bottom of the arch is narrower than the arch's full span. Evidence for the earliest uses of this form are found in Late antique, Late Antique and Sasanian architecture, and it was then used in Spain by the Visigoths. But in the 19th century, perhaps when these earlier uses had not been realized, it became emblematic of Islamic architecture, especially Moorish architecture and Mozarabic art in Iberia. It also made later appearances in Moorish Revival architecture, Moorish Revival and Art Nouveau styles. Horseshoe arches can take rounded, pointed or Multifoil arch, lobed form. History Origins and early uses The origins of the horseshoe arch are complicated. It appeared in pre-Islamic Sasanian architecture such as the Taq Kasra, Taq-i Kasra in present-day Iraq and the Palace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
