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Church of St. Christine of Lena
Iglesia de Santa Cristina de Lena (in Spanish)
Church of St. Christine of Lena ; Iglesia de Santa Cristina de Lena (in Spanish)
Religion
Affiliation	Formerly: Orthodox Church Currently: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Inactive
Location
Location	Lena (Asturias), Spain
	Shown within Spain
Geographic coordinates	43°7′38.4″N 5°48′51.5″W / 43.127333°N 5.814306°W
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Pre-Romanesque
Groundbreaking	7th century
Completed	852
Specifications
Direction of façade	NE
Length	16 metres (52 ft)
Width	12 metres (39 ft)
	UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv, vi
Designated	1985 (9th session)
Parent listing	Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
Reference no.	312bis-003
Region	Europe and North America
	Spanish Cultural Heritage
	Official name: Ermita de Santa Cristina
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	24 August 1885
Reference no.	RI-51-0000050

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St Christine of Lena (Template:Lang-es^{[pronunciation?]}) is a Roman Catholic Asturian pre-Romanesque church located in the Lena municipality, about 25 km south of Oviedo, Spain, on an old Roman road that joined the lands of the plateau with Asturias.^[1]

Description

The church has a different ground plan to Pre-Romanesque's traditional basilica. It is a single rectangular space with a barrel vault, with four adjoining structures located in the centre of each facade. The first of these annexes is the typical Asturian Pre-Romanesque vestibule, with a royal tribune on the upper part, accessed via a stairway joined to one of the walls. To the east is the enclosure with the altar, with a single apse, foregoing the traditional Asturian pre-romanesque triple apse, and going back to Visigoth influences. To the north and south respectively, there are two other enclosures through semicircular arches and barrel vaults, whose use was associated with the Hispano-Visigothic liturgy practised in Spain up to the 11th century.^[2]^[3]

One of the most particular elements of Santa Cristina de Lena is the existence of the presbytery elevated above floor level in the last section of the central nave, separated from the area intended for the congregation by three arches on marble columns. This separation, which appears in other Asturian churches, is not repeated in any other with a similar structure. Both the lattices over the arches and the wall enclosing the central arch were re-used from Visigothic origins in the 7th century.^[4]

Gallery

View from the outside
View from the outside
Nave and chapel
Floor map of the church

References

^ Fergusson, James (1867). "Book VII: Spanish and Portugal". A history of architecture in all countries. Vol. 2. John Murray. pp. 123–124.
^ Lapunzina, Alejandro (2005). "Santa Cristina de Lena, Pola de Lena (near Oviedo), Asturias". Architecture of Spain. Westport: Greenwood Press. pp. 229–232. ISBN 0-313-31963-4.
^ Conant, Kenneth (1992). Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture: 800-1200. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 92. ISBN 0-300-05298-7.
^ Arias Paramo, Lorenzo (1992). "Geometría y proporción en la arquitectura prerrománica asturiana". Actas del III Congreso de Arqueología Medieval Española (in Spanish). Oviedo: Universidad de Oviedo: 27–37. ISBN 978-84-604-1916-7. Retrieved 2009-05-31.

External links

A virtual tour of the church. Tourismo Asturias on Facebook (published 17 June 2017). Online resource accessed 6 November 2018.

[1] Fergusson, James (1867). "Book VII: Spanish and Portugal". A history of architecture in all countries. Vol. 2. John Murray. pp. 123–124.

[2] Lapunzina, Alejandro (2005). "Santa Cristina de Lena, Pola de Lena (near Oviedo), Asturias". Architecture of Spain. Westport: Greenwood Press. pp. 229–232. ISBN 0-313-31963-4.

[3] Conant, Kenneth (1992). Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture: 800-1200. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 92. ISBN 0-300-05298-7.

[4] Arias Paramo, Lorenzo (1992). "Geometría y proporción en la arquitectura prerrománica asturiana". Actas del III Congreso de Arqueología Medieval Española (in Spanish). Oviedo: Universidad de Oviedo: 27–37. ISBN 978-84-604-1916-7. Retrieved 2009-05-31.

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