The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Vegas in Santiuste de Pedraza echoes a long past as you tread sacred ground. This building presents three epochs or phases, the oldest dating back to the early 11th century. These oldest parts constitute the portico and the epistle nave with its apse.
The main nave and the gospel nave, as well as the main entrance at noon, are in clear relation with the sepulvedano romanesque of the late 11th century. In contrast, the lower part of the tower belongs to a late romanesque characteristic of the lands of Segovia between the 13th and 14th centuries.
The building features three naves separated by curved arches supported by rectangular pillars with attached semi-columns, pseudocorinthian capitals of the sepulvedano type, very simple imposts, and a wooden roof with polychrome carreras and pairs of tie-rods supported by carved canes. The interior of the temple was decorated with mural paintings from various periods, especially in the middle of the 16th century, featuring compositions in red, white, and black that represent trophies, grotesques, warrior busts, garlands, and other similar themes.
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Written by Nik Frost
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