Santa Cristina de Lena 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. It is one of the most singular buildings of pre-Romanesque Architecture in Asturias. 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.
Unesco: Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
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Date: May 30
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