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La iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa

Estella-Lizarra, Tierra Estella, Navarra

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La iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa

Monument · Estella-Lizarra, Tierra Estella, Navarra

Documented as a parish since 1174, this Romanesque-Gothic church stands atop a monumental staircase. Its cloister, from around 1170 and preserved in only two of its original four galleries after the neighboring Zalatambor castle was blown up in 1572, holds one of the richest collections of historiated capitals in Navarrese Romanesque art. It was declared a monumento histórico-artístico ('historic-artistic monument', Spain's heritage protection category used between 1931 and 1985) in 1931 and forms part of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.

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