Located in the comarca de Serrablo in the municipality of Biescas, the Church of San Juan de Busa - also known as Sant Chuan de Busa - sits on the path from Lárrede to Oliván. This church likely served as the parish church for a disappeared medieval village. It was commissioned for construction by Ramón Guillén between 1060 and 1070, and it follows the Mozárabic or Lombardic Romanesque style common to the other churches in the Serrablo region.
The building lacks a bell tower, and its apse has a lower floor plan than a full semicircle. It is decorated with a frieze of baquettes, blind arches, and lesenas, which are typical elements of the Romanesque style in this area. The single rectangular nave is covered by a two-pitched wooden roof.
The main entrance is located in the center of the wall oriented toward the south. It is formed by two receding archivolts. The exterior arch is decorated with an inscription in Cufic characters that reads «La ilaha illa Allah», which translates from Arabic as «No (other) god but Allah». The church has been part of a historical-artistic ensemble since 1982.
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Written by Nik Frost
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