The Church of San Nicolás de Soria (

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: ''Iglesia de San Nicolás'') is now only ruined remnants of a Romanesque-style,

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, former church located in

Soria Soria () is a municipality and a Spanish city, located on the Douro river in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and León and capital of the province of Soria. Its population is 38,881 ( INE, 2017), 43.7% of the provincial populatio ...

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. It was declared ''

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'' in 1962. Part of the apse and some side walls remain: in 1858, the nave roof was brought down. In 1908, the portal of the church was moved to the church of San Juan de Rabanera in

. Finally in 1933 further unstable walls were razed. In 1978, during some restoration works, frescoes depicting the murder of

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were discovered in one of the remaining walls of the church. La Frontera del Duero
website.

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