San Miguel de Lillo

43°22′49″N 5°52′6.2″W / 43.38028°N 5.868389°W / 43.38028; -5.868389ArchitectureTypeChurchStylePre-RomanesqueCompleted842SpecificationsDirection of façadeSSELength12 metres (39 ft)Width10 metres (33 ft)TypeCulturalCriteriaii, iv, viDesignated1985 (9th session)Parent listingMonuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the AsturiasReference no.312-001RegionEurope and North AmericaOfficial name: Iglesia de San Miguel de LilloTypeNon-movableCriteriaMonumentDesignated24 January 1885Reference no.RI-51-0000046WebsiteOfficial website

St. Michael of Lillo (Spanish: San Miguel de Lillo, Asturian: Samiguel de Lliño) is a Roman Catholic church built on the Naranco mount, near the Church of Santa María del Naranco in Asturias. It was completed in 842 and it was consecrated by Ramiro I of Asturias and his wife Paterna in the year 848. It was originally dedicated to St. Mary until this worship passed to the nearby palace in the 12th century, leaving this church dedicated to Saint Michael. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

It originally had a basilica ground plan, three aisles with a barrel vault, although part of the original structure has disappeared as the building collapsed during the 12th or 13th century. Nowadays, it conserves its western half from that period, together with several elements in the rest of the church such as the fantastic jambs in the vestibule or the extraordinary lattice on the window of the southern wall, sculpted from one single piece of stone.

Gallery

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  Side view, San Miguel de Lillo
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  Floor plan, San Miguel de Lillo
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  Occidental façade, San Miguel de Lillo
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  Window, San Miguel de Lillo
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  Frame of door, San Miguel de Lillo

See also

• Asturian architecture
• Catholic Church in Spain
• Rose window

References

• Moffitt, John F. (1999). The arts in Spain (in Spanish). London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20315-6.
• de Selgas, Fortunato (1908). Monumentos ovetenses del siglo IX (in Spanish). Nueva Impr. de San Francisco de Sales. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06.
• 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

• Media related to Church of San Miguel de Lillo at Wikimedia Commons
• NOTICIAS de la parroquia - Parroquia Sta Maria Naranco