St. Mary of Bendones ( es, Santa María de Bendones) is an
Asturian Pre-Romanesque
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church situated in
Bendones,
Spain
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, build between 792 and 842.
It was designated a Spanish
National Monument in 1958. It has an arcade with side chapels as well as a three-part head with a large transept.
Architecture
The structure is similar to the church of
San Julián de los Prados, although the ground plan is not the typical basilica of the
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 ...
churches, but has three enclosures at the western end, the central one as an entrance vestibule and two side areas possibly to house parishioners or ecclesiastics. This entrance leads into a single nave with a wooden ceiling, the same length as the entrance enclosures. The nave adjoins two rectangular side areas, also with a wooden ceiling, whose use seems to associated with the liturgical rites of the period. this nave joined with the sanctuary by three semicircular brick arches, each of which leads into its corresponding chapel, of which only the main or central one is covered with a brick barrel vault, the other two with wooden ceilings.
Above the main chapel is the "typical" chamber, only accessible from outside, through a trefoil window with the standard Pre-Romanesque features; central arch larger than the side ones, resting on two free-standing capitals with rope moulding, and the upper rectangle framed by simple moulding.
Independent from the church structure, though close to its southern facade, stands the bell tower, on a rectangular ground plan.
See also
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Asturian architecture
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
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Catholic Church in Spain
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References
Sources
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Luis Menéndez Pidal y Alvarez, ''Santa María de Bendones, Oviedo: Reconstrucción'', Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1974
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* ''Prerrománico Asturiano. El arte de la monarquía Asturiana''. Gijón, 1999. Editorial Trea
* ''A la búsqueda del prerrománico olvidado'' (2 Tomos). Gijón, 1999. Author: Francisco Monge Calleja
* ''Guía del prerómanico: Visigodo, Asturiano, Mozárabe''. Madrid, 2005. Editorial: Anaya
External links
Iglesia de Santa María de Bendones 3D model in
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9th-century churches in Spain
Maria de Bendones
Pre-Romanesque architecture in Asturias
9th-century establishments in Spain
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in Asturias
Religious buildings and structures completed in 842