Documents
attest to the existence of a monastery here in the 9th
century. The present building was finished in 1203. It
preserves one of the very few decorated Romanesque
tympanums in Cantabria, which depicts St George slaying
the dragon, and is very finely crafted. |
Place: |
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Cerca
de Riocorvo |
Period
of art: |
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Romanesque. |
Date: |
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Second
half of the 12th century. |
Author: |
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Petrus
Quintana |
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