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Hermitage of San Valero de Velilla de Cinca

Velilla de Cinca, Bajo Cinca, Huesca

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Hermitage of San Valero de Velilla de Cinca

Monument · Velilla de Cinca, Bajo Cinca, Huesca

The hermitage of Saint Valerius, from the 13th century, was built on the remains of a Roman mausoleum that today forms its base: a podium visible on the east and north façades, with courses of very square-cut ashlar crowned by a moulding, similar to the mausoleum of Fabara. The church, with a single nave, has an orientation reversed from the usual one, with the apse facing west and the main portal facing east; its arches, slightly pointed, already show an influence of early Gothic over the late Romanesque, also visible in the plant and geometric decoration of the portal's capitals. It gives its name to the festivities of Sant Valeret, celebrated on 17 February and distinct from the feast of Saint Lawrence, on 10 August, patron of the village's Baroque parish church.

Photo: Ecelan (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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