Santa María Church, Villaviciosa, Spain

Iglesia de Santa María is a 13th-century romanesque church in the concejo of Villaviciosa. It is unusual in having preserved the fabric of an earlier construction dated between the 8th and 10th centuries.

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paloma gonzalez-posada (11 months ago)
Cozy church, with a very good priest and young people

Victor Albi (12 months ago)
Better to go to Mass there.

Jose Carlos Bueno (13 months ago)
Exceptional charming Romanesque church.

José Julio Melgares (2 years ago)
According to the tourist street map provided at the Villaviciosa tourist office: "Old Church of San Francisco. From the year 1743, it was part of the Convent-Seminary of the Franciscan Fathers" San Juan de Capistrano ". The religious community had a presence in the building until the confiscation of the year 1835. Currently it is the parish temple of Villaviciosa ".

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