Fuentes3

By Fuentes3

Santa Eulalia de Abamia

I´ve shown this church before, but the photos are not the same. It´s on the site of an older temple where Pelayo, the king of Asturias credited with fending off the Moorish army at the Battle of Covadonga, was first buried. The church itself is pre-romanesque but most of what now exists is romanesque, from the 12th or 13th centuries, and in fact is accused of having been over-modernised in its various refurbishment. To the point where the Archbishop, annoyed by complaints, has allowed the church to be locked up and visitors to its interior to be excluded. A tragedy, probably, but likely to remain such till he in time is replaced. 
Main is the west entrance, which is as always the main entrance, and the photo was taken from the path below, showing the old walls that encircle it. Extras 1 and 2 are corbels from the south wall showing carved heads which some suggest are likenesses of the carvers that made them. E3 is the arch over the south door, which shows the transit of a soul from death to eternal torment; and E4 shows more detail of the start of the arch. E5 shows the frieze over the columns to one side of the south entrance, Extras 5,6,7 & 8 show details from the friezes - which include two varieties of Green Man. Extra 9 shows a detail from the west entrance. I´ll take down the extras in a day or two. 

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