Portico, San Miguel Arcangel, Andaluz, Soria, Castille and Leon, Spain
It was a town of great importance in medieval times, to such an extent that it was the first to receive the Charter of Castile in the year 1089. Andaluz, Fandaluz, Handaluz or Andalux, as it is named in some documents, was repopulated by Count Gonzalo Núñez with Andalusian Mozarabs, who probably gave it its name. It had an important Arab castle that defended the gate where the town is strategically located and a crossing point for Muslim raids.
Its magnificent church of San Miguel Arcángel, declared a National Monument, is one of the oldest temples in the province, with a portico and capitals of great artistic value.
From guia de Soria
The church of San Miguel conserves from its original factory from the year 1114 (date that appears on its cover along with the name of the builder, Ansur Piranus), the cover and the gallery, although the latter may be later. The rest was completely rebuilt in the 17th century.
But the cover is an excellent work, both for its design and for its sculptures. Its five archivolts are adorned with boceles, half rounds, jonquils, double zigzag arranged in such a way that it creates a chain of rhombuses, scotland and, on the chambrana, a wide strip of heels. The supports are two thick columns, on each side, as well as jambs with the edge hidden by a baton.
In the innermost capitals we will see, in one, large leaves and in the front one Samson fighting with the lion. In the other pair, on even thicker shafts, four musicians playing their instruments are displayed, and the fight of two knights riding at a gallop trying to knock each other down with their lances. Everything was chiseled with virtuoso art so it is perceived that its author was a sculptor of the highest category.
The decoration of the nine arcades of the portico is more elegant and elaborate, probably dating after the temple. The capitals rest on large paired shafts, with beautiful sculptural representations.
Inside it houses a baptismal font and the carving of a virgin. A large set of medieval funerary steles has appeared in the surroundings of this church.
Portico, San Miguel Arcangel, Andaluz, Soria, Castille and Leon, Spain
It was a town of great importance in medieval times, to such an extent that it was the first to receive the Charter of Castile in the year 1089. Andaluz, Fandaluz, Handaluz or Andalux, as it is named in some documents, was repopulated by Count Gonzalo Núñez with Andalusian Mozarabs, who probably gave it its name. It had an important Arab castle that defended the gate where the town is strategically located and a crossing point for Muslim raids.
Its magnificent church of San Miguel Arcángel, declared a National Monument, is one of the oldest temples in the province, with a portico and capitals of great artistic value.
From guia de Soria
The church of San Miguel conserves from its original factory from the year 1114 (date that appears on its cover along with the name of the builder, Ansur Piranus), the cover and the gallery, although the latter may be later. The rest was completely rebuilt in the 17th century.
But the cover is an excellent work, both for its design and for its sculptures. Its five archivolts are adorned with boceles, half rounds, jonquils, double zigzag arranged in such a way that it creates a chain of rhombuses, scotland and, on the chambrana, a wide strip of heels. The supports are two thick columns, on each side, as well as jambs with the edge hidden by a baton.
In the innermost capitals we will see, in one, large leaves and in the front one Samson fighting with the lion. In the other pair, on even thicker shafts, four musicians playing their instruments are displayed, and the fight of two knights riding at a gallop trying to knock each other down with their lances. Everything was chiseled with virtuoso art so it is perceived that its author was a sculptor of the highest category.
The decoration of the nine arcades of the portico is more elegant and elaborate, probably dating after the temple. The capitals rest on large paired shafts, with beautiful sculptural representations.
Inside it houses a baptismal font and the carving of a virgin. A large set of medieval funerary steles has appeared in the surroundings of this church.