The Church of Santiago ( es, Iglesia de Santiago de Sariego or ''Santiago el mayor'') is a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

church in the town of

Sariego Sariego ( Asturian: Sariegu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Gijón and Villaviciosa, on the east by Villaviciosa, Nava and Cabranes, on the south by Siero ...

, in the community of Asturias,

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. Originally built in the 10th century, the church has

pre-Romanesque Pre-Romanesque art and architecture is the period in European art from either the emergence of the Merovingian kingdom in about 500 AD or from the Carolingian Renaissance in the late 8th century, to the beginning of the 11th century Romanesqu ...

windows reminiscent of those of the

Church of San Salvador de Valdediós The church of the Holy Savior of Valdediós ( es, Iglesia de San Salvador de Valdediós) is a Roman Catholic pre-romanesque church, located next to Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain. The church stands in the Boides valley (Villaviciosa), the place ...

. (Pre-Romanesque architecture in Asturias is framed between the years 711 and 910, the period of the creation and expansion of the

kingdom of Asturias The Kingdom of Asturias ( la, Asturum Regnum; ast, Reinu d'Asturies) was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius. It was the first Christian political entity established after the Umayyad conquest of V ...

). It was refurbished in the 15th or 16th centuries. The church was burned down during the

Spanish Civil war The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

and rebuilt..

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Santiago (Sariego) 10th-century churches in Spain 15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in Asturias {{Spain-church-stub es:Iglesia de Santiago de Sariego