The Santo Tomás de las Ollas hermitage is situated in the town with the same name close to
Ponferrada
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,
León (
Spain
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).
History
The name of the hermitage, taken from the town Santo Tomás de las Ollas (St. Thomas of the ''
Olla
An olla is a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes like the irrigation of olive trees. ''Ollas'' have short wide necks and wider bellies, resembling beanpots or ...
s''), comes from the main occupation of that locality: pottery. They supplied to the
Valle del Silencio zone.
The hermitage was donated to the community of
San Pedro de Montes monastery by the
Bishop of Astorga.
Architecture
See also
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History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine Empire, Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier Roman architecture. The domed church architecture of Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries fol ...
Mozarabic architecture
Roman Catholic churches in Spain
Roman Catholic chapels in Spain
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