Church of San Román, Toledo
The Iglesia de San Román is a church in
On this site there was an oldThe building is protected by a
History and description
It is located in one of the highest places of the city, on the second of the twelve hills that form it. There is already news of the parish in the 12th century and the church would be consecrated in 1221 by the archbishop Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada. Tradition indicates that in it Alfonso VIII was crowned king of Castile on 26 August 1166.
The church presents a
Throughout the 13th century a new apse was constructed and the robust
In the 16th century, Alonso de Covarrubias designed the apse with Plateresque dome of coffers in the main chapel and later covered the paintings, which lost its traces until the first third of the 20th century in which these were rediscovered. It was not until the 1940s that these were recovered where possible.
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Interior, main chapel.
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Interior, opposite view.
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Nave of the Epistle
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Presbytery
References
- ^ Albert Frederick Calvert (1907). Toledo: an historical and descriptive account of the "City of generations;". J. Lane. p. 97. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ "Museum". turismocastillalamancha.es. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
External links
- Sacred destinations [1]
- ArteHistoria [2]
- Turismo Castilla Mancha [3]
- Círculo Románico: Characteristic of Mozarabic and Romanesque wall paintings, Iglesia de San Roman, Toledo
- Iglesia de San Román. In Tourism of Castilla-La Mancha. Consulted: June 18, 2011.
- Museum of Councils and Visigothic Culture in the same website.