A 16th century building with a masonry tower. The San Juan Bautista Church has three naves separated by pillars with vaults of starry ribs and a facade with a semicircular arch. Inside the chapel of the Enríquez, the Bishop of Barcelona, with a lantern dome and the shield of Bullón who was the one who […]

San Facundo y San Primitivo in Cisneros The Church of San Facundo y San Primitivo is located in Cisneros in the region of Tierra de Campos. In the center of the town, there is a 16th century church of austere aspect due to the use of materials such as brick or adobe. Its interior surprises […]

San Cornelio y San Cipriano in Revilla de Santullán The Church of San Cornelio y San Cipriano is located in Revilla de Santullán, 2 kilometers south of Barruelo de Santullán.It is a building dating from the late 12th century, consisting of a single nave and a semicircular head. What stands out of this set is […]

Santa Cecilia in Vallespinoso Hermitage of Santa Cecilia de Vallespinoso de Aguilar. It is a small Romanesque church of the late 12th century, located on a rock. It is considered one of the jewels of the Palentino Romanesque, for the magnificent decoration presented on the facade, capitals and corbels. A church that presents a single […]

Sanctuary Virgen de Alconada Next to the town of Ampudia the sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin of Alconada is located. In these dependencies lives a congregation of nuns. Its church of great dimensions corresponds to the 17th century and is of Latin cross shape. From a nave, the cruise is covered with a rather simple […]

Erotic Romanesque, always on the outside. Erotic Romanesque. The oldest civilizations have represented this erotic theme in paintings and sculptures. Nevertheless, it is curious to see it in Christian temples. The scenes appear carved on capitals and corbels but, of course, decency kept them on the exteriors of the temples. The scenes that are most […]

Romanesque South in Palencia Romanesque South. Begin in the capital visiting the Cathedral of Palencia whose construction started in the eleventh century, expanding a crypt of Visigothic origin. Especially noteworthy, in the park of Huerta Guadián is located the hermitage of San Juan Bautista. Its original location was the missing town of Villanueva del Río, […]

Romanesque North 3 Romanesque North 3, around the town of Cervera de Pisuerga. To the south we find the town of Perazancas with its parish church and the small church of San Pelayo from 1076. Its apse with Lombard arches and its interior mural paintings make is what make it so interesting. In Colmenares de […]

High concentration, Romanesque North 2 Romanesque North 2. The route begins in the town of Matalbaniega with its church of San Martín that draws attention for its collection of cantilevers of wide thematic. Go up to see the church of Santa María la Real de Cillamayor of the 12th century, note again the set of […]

Romanesque North 1 Romanesque North 1. In the area of the town of Aguilar de Campoo, which has a magnificent Romanesque art, you can see the church of Santa Cecilia at the foot of the castle. Visit also the monastery of Santa María la Real, founded in the eleventh century. Bordering the reservoir, we find […]