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Iglesia de San Andrés (Church of St Andrew) is a parish church in
San Martín del Rey Aurelio San Martín del Rey Aurelio ( Asturian: Samartín del Rei Aurelio) is a municipality of the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. There are three main towns in the municipality: Sotrondio, El Entrego, and Blimea, ...
, Asturias, Spain. The Romanesque Revival-style building is situated in the urban area of
El Entrego L'Entregu ( es, El Entrego, "the Hand-over") is a town and urban center in San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Asturias, Spain. In September 2007, by a decree of the Principality of Asturias, L'Entregu joined the adjacent Sotrondio and Blimea to form a ...
within the Linares parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oviedo.


History

The original church of San Andrés de Linares was built along the
Nalón River Nalón can refer to: * Nalón (Asturian comarca), in northern Spain * Nalón (river), a river in the comarca * Muros de Nalón Muros de Nalón ( Asturian: ''Muros'') is a small coastal municipality in the Spanish province of Asturias, with an a ...
, but was razed in the early 19th century because of flooding. Another church was built across the river, believed to be safe from another possible flood. It was destroyed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. Construction of a new church began in 1945 in the El Entrego valley during the autarky period. The architects were Francisco de Zuvillaga and Abelardo Suárez Moro.


Architecture

The exterior facade includes a combination of Romanesque and Baroque styles, featuring two towers with several bays and a porch. The building was inspired by
Santa María del Naranco The church of St Mary at Mount Naranco ( es, Iglesia de Santa María del Naranco; ast, Ilesia de Santa María'l Narancu) is a pre-Romanesque Asturian building on the slope of Mount Naranco situated from Oviedo, northern Spain. Ramiro I of Ast ...
Cathedral and the sculptures of the
Cámara Santa The Holy chamber of Oviedo ( es, Cámara Santa de Oviedo, also known as the chapel of St. Michael) is a Roman Catholic pre-Romanesque church in Oviedo, Spain, built next to pre-romanesque Tower of San Miguel of the city's cathedral. Nowadays, th ...
of the Oviedo Cathedral. The plan is in Latin cross style. It has a nave with a barrel vault and two aisles. In the transept stands a dome of Romanesque arches. There is a semicircular apse. Inside are the figures of Christ lying down and St Andrew.


See also

*
Asturian art 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. History In the 5th century, the Goths, a Christianized tribe of Eastern Germanic origin, arrived ...
* Catholic Church in Spain


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Iglesia de San Andres (El Entrego) Churches in Asturias Roman Catholic churches completed in 1945 Romanesque Revival church buildings 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain