The Church of Santa María de Villanueva () is a Romanesque-style,

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parish church in the diocese of Villanueva, in the municipality of

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, community of

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. While elements including the sculpted capitals of the internal column-pilasters flanking the nave date to prior to the 12th-century, the church has undergone subsequent refurbishments.

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