The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Arches, es, BasÃlica de Santa MarÃa de Arcos, is a
paleochristian
The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, Christian countries, and the Christians with their various denominations, from the 1st century to the present. Christianity originated with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teache ...
temple, which dates back to the 5th century,
located  on the outskirts of
Tricio
Tricio () is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 393 people.
Politics
Places of interest
* Basilica of Saint Mary of the Arches
Notabl ...
, in
La Rioja (Spain)
La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nà ...
.
[ Other historians like Caballero, Arce and Utrero propose the hypothesis that it was built during the ]Reconquista
The ' (Spanish, Portuguese and Galician for "reconquest") is a historiographical construction describing the 781-year period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid ...
in the 9th or 10th century based on technical and historical considerations.[
]
References
External links
BasÃlica de Santa MarÃa de los Arcos (Tricio, La Rioja), pps file (es)
360º Panorama of the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Arches - Amigos de Sta. MarÃa de Arcos y Tricio
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Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in La Rioja (Spain)
Roman temples in Spain