Lárrede ( an, Larrede) is a locale in
Spain, today a part of the
municipality of
Sabiñánigo in the province of
Huesca, ''
comarca'' of
Alto Gállego, in the
autonomous community of
Aragón. It is 822 meters above sea level and had fifteen inhabitants as of 1999.
The church of Lárrede
es, dedicated to
Saint Peter (''San Pedro''), was built in the 1050s in the
First Romanesque
One of the first streams of Romanesque architecture in Europe from the 10th century and the beginning of 11th century is called First Romanesque or Lombard Romanesque. It took place in the region of Lombardy (at that time the term encompassing ...
style. It is the representative church of the infamous
Serrablo churches
The Serrablo Churches ( Spanish: Iglesias del Serrablo) ( Aragonese: Ilesias de Sarrablo) are a group of early-romanesque and mozarabic churches located in small villages of Alto Gállego ( Huesca, Aragon, Spain). The churches are thought to h ...
, sometimes said to be constructed in the ''estilo larredense''. It has a cruciform plan, unique to the Serrablo churches, and five south-facing windows, while almost all other churches in the Serrablo have three. It was designated a
national monument
A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage, such as a country's founding, independence, war, or the life and death of a historical figure.
The term may also refer to a spec ...
in 1931.
References
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Geography of Spain
Sabiñánigo