Interlaced circles, stained glss windows, Estella/Lizarra, Navarra, Spain
The church of San Pedro de la Rúa in Estella (Navarra) is located opposite the Gustavo de Maeztu Museum, where there is a staircase that leads to church that was already known as San Pedro el Mayor in the 13th century. It is mentioned as a parish from 1174, although it is possible that it existed earlier. In 1256 it gaed the title of the great church of the city.
The façade dates from the mid-13th century, with great similarities to the façades of the nearby churches of San Román de Cirauqui, and that of Santiago in Puente la Reina.
In its capitals and archivolts we find a rich decoration of vegetal, geometric and figurative character. On the doorposts a rich figuration of classical origin and eschatological type, with mermids, centaurs, harpies and griffins.
The interior presents constructions originating in the last quarter of the 12th century, from when the head of the temple is preserved. The naves are from the 13th century and the Gothic tracery windows, located on the north wall of the church, and inside the tower, are from the 15th century. The bodies of the naves are from the 16th and 17th centuries. The
church houses various works, including the altarpiece of the Virgen del Rosario (first half of the 17th century), in whose central niche there is an image of the Virgen de la O, datable to the 14th century.
The chapel of San Andrés, patron saint of the city, was built in baroque forms from 1706. The altarpiece, made at the end of the 18th century, is a rococo-style factory.
The altarpiece of the Crucified, from the 17th century, stands out, and contains in its main niche a Romanesque carving of Christ on the cross, datable to the 13th century. In the Presbytery there is an image of the Virgin of Bethlehem, a carving from the end of the 13th century, from the nearby church of the Holy Sepulchre. Other altarpieces are that of San Nicolás and that of the Holy Trinity, a 17th-century factory.
In the sotocoro, under the window of the tower, there are beautiful Baroque stalls and a baptismal font from the 12th century, the only liturgical object of the original building. On the walls hang canvases attributable to the 17th century, of varied technical quality.
The cloister, with a square floor plan and of which only the western and northern galleries are preserved, is dated around 1170. It was partially demolished, accidentally, in 1572 by the demolition of the Zaratambor castle, which was next to the church, by the Castilian troops in the Conquest of Navarre. Its capitals, of the first order in terms of sculptural quality, show the hands of different artists who reveal to us the importance of the Camino de Santiago in the dissemination of new aesthetic forms. Historical elements of the life of Saints (among them, the story of Saint Andrew) and of Christ (Annunciation, Incarnation, Passion and Resurrection) alternate, along with symbolic forms of animals (harpies, winged sirens, sphinxes) and plants.
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Interlaced circles, stained glss windows, Estella/Lizarra, Navarra, Spain
The church of San Pedro de la Rúa in Estella (Navarra) is located opposite the Gustavo de Maeztu Museum, where there is a staircase that leads to church that was already known as San Pedro el Mayor in the 13th century. It is mentioned as a parish from 1174, although it is possible that it existed earlier. In 1256 it gaed the title of the great church of the city.
The façade dates from the mid-13th century, with great similarities to the façades of the nearby churches of San Román de Cirauqui, and that of Santiago in Puente la Reina.
In its capitals and archivolts we find a rich decoration of vegetal, geometric and figurative character. On the doorposts a rich figuration of classical origin and eschatological type, with mermids, centaurs, harpies and griffins.
The interior presents constructions originating in the last quarter of the 12th century, from when the head of the temple is preserved. The naves are from the 13th century and the Gothic tracery windows, located on the north wall of the church, and inside the tower, are from the 15th century. The bodies of the naves are from the 16th and 17th centuries. The
church houses various works, including the altarpiece of the Virgen del Rosario (first half of the 17th century), in whose central niche there is an image of the Virgen de la O, datable to the 14th century.
The chapel of San Andrés, patron saint of the city, was built in baroque forms from 1706. The altarpiece, made at the end of the 18th century, is a rococo-style factory.
The altarpiece of the Crucified, from the 17th century, stands out, and contains in its main niche a Romanesque carving of Christ on the cross, datable to the 13th century. In the Presbytery there is an image of the Virgin of Bethlehem, a carving from the end of the 13th century, from the nearby church of the Holy Sepulchre. Other altarpieces are that of San Nicolás and that of the Holy Trinity, a 17th-century factory.
In the sotocoro, under the window of the tower, there are beautiful Baroque stalls and a baptismal font from the 12th century, the only liturgical object of the original building. On the walls hang canvases attributable to the 17th century, of varied technical quality.
The cloister, with a square floor plan and of which only the western and northern galleries are preserved, is dated around 1170. It was partially demolished, accidentally, in 1572 by the demolition of the Zaratambor castle, which was next to the church, by the Castilian troops in the Conquest of Navarre. Its capitals, of the first order in terms of sculptural quality, show the hands of different artists who reveal to us the importance of the Camino de Santiago in the dissemination of new aesthetic forms. Historical elements of the life of Saints (among them, the story of Saint Andrew) and of Christ (Annunciation, Incarnation, Passion and Resurrection) alternate, along with symbolic forms of animals (harpies, winged sirens, sphinxes) and plants.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estella-Lizarra