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'[[Image:SanPedroNave1.jpg|thumb|250px|View from the southwest.]] '''San Pedro de la Nave''' ("St. Peter of the Nave") is a [[Visigoth]]ic church in the town of [[El Campillo (Zamora)|Campillo]], in the municipal unit of [[San Pedro de la Nave-Almendra]], in the [[province of Zamora]], [[Spain]]. It was declared a national monument on April 22, 1912. The church foundation goes back to the reign of [[Ergica]] in the seventh century, having been built between 680 and before the [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania|Muslim conquest]] of [[Hispania]] in 711; San Pedro de la Nave is thus one of the last works of Visigothic architecture. Originally the church was sited on the banks of the river [[Esla River|Esla]], but, when the Ricobayo dam was built, it was moved to avoid submersion in the higher waters of the Esla. Thanks to the efforts of [[Manuel Gómez-Moreno]], it was decided that the church would be moved stone by stone to its current location. This operation was carried out in 1930-32, under the direction of the architect [[Alejandro Ferrant Vázquez]]. [[Image:SanPedroNave2.jpg|thumb|left|View from the southeast]] The church's first design corresponded to a [[Roman cross]] in plan, although later two lateral naves were added, which gave it a hybrid shape between [[basilica]]l and cruciform. It also has five rooms, two on each side of the [[presbytery (architecture)|Presbytery]], that must have served as hermits' cells. In sum a rectangular plan of approximately 5.6 by 2.1 meters is established, from which eight chapels project: the rectangular central [[apse|apsidal chapel]] and two others at the ends of the [[transept]]. The central nave, as is usually the case, is taller and wider than the aisles and is separated from them by [[arch]]es supported by strong pillars. The roof of the church is supported by a [[barrel vault]], but while the vault of the nave and the aisles retains its original stone structure, the western sections of the building are vaulted in brick from the earlier springing points of the ashlar masonry. The arches used are of the horseshoe type (greater than half a circle) of Visigothic architecture. The two arches perpendicular to the axis of the nave spring from impost blocks supported on columns attached to the piers. The arch opening onto the [[apse]] is a tighter horseshoe shape resting on two columns in the jambs of the opening. [[Image:San Pedro de la Nave capitel.JPG|thumb|250px|Detail of a capital in which is represented ''The Sacrifice of Isaac'']] The decoration of the church is among the most outstanding of [[Visigothic architecture]]. There are two types of elements, deriving from different artistic conceptions and different craftsmen: first, a wide frieze corresponding to a course of the ashlar masonry, which shows a successions of circles with various vegetal and animal motives; second, the [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]] of the engaged columns. These are of an excellent workmanship superior to that of the frieze. They show biblical scenes such as ''Daniel in the Lion's Den'' or ''The Sacrifice of Isaac''. Their abacus blocks are decorated with volutes containing human and animal figures. There is also a clock inscribed on a stone in the interior wall of the church. The clock was never finished, but remains one of the marvels of this Visigothic church. ==External links== *[http://sanpedrodelanave.blogspot.com Official Blog of the Parish of San Pedro de la Nave] *[http://www.circuloromanico.com El Portal del Arte Románico; Visgothic, Mozarabe and Romanesque Art in Spain.] *[http://www.romanicozamorano.com/zamora/s_pedro_nave/san_pedro_de_la_nave.htm San Pedro de la Nave webpage ] {{es icon}} *[http://www.romanicozamorano.com/ The Romanesque in Zamora] {{es icon}} *[http://www.turismo-prerromanico.es/arterural/spnave/spnaveficIng.htm The Spanish Pre-Romanesque Art Guide; San Pedro de la Nave] {{coord|41.5833|N|5.96425|W|source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title}} [[Category:Churches in Castile and León|Pedro de la Nave]] [[Category:Visigothic art]] [[Category:7th-century architecture]] [[de:San Pedro de la Nave]] [[es:Iglesia de San Pedro de la Nave (Campillo)]] [[eu:San Pedro de la Nave eliza]] [[fr:Église de San Pedro de la Nave]] [[it:Chiesa di San Pedro de la Nave]] [[ja:サン・ペドロ・デ・ラ・ナーヴェ聖堂]] [[pt:Igreja de San Pedro de la Nave]] [[ru:Сан-Педро-де-ла-Наве]]'