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The tower of San Miguel

Yanguas, Tierras Altas, Soria

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The tower of San Miguel

Monument · Yanguas, Tierras Altas, Soria

The sole remnant of a vanished church, it stands isolated on the outskirts and is considered the province's only example of Romanesque architecture in the Lombard tradition; the chronicler Garibay placed here the tomb of King Aurelio of Asturias, alongside that of his father Fruela of Cantabria. It preserves a pair of rudimentary graffiti referring to the patron of the old church of San Miguel, and it has been suggested that it may have served as an access point to a Roman settlement and as a watchtower guarding the road that linked Numantia with Calahorra.

Photo: David Abián (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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