Paintings of Christ and the Apostles in the Iglesia de San Pedro del Olmo

Established in 1260, the Iglesia de San Pedro del Olmo drew its identity from its position near the gate of the wall. Known as Sanctus Petrus de Porta Putei Antiqui, it functioned as one of the most important churches in the city of Toro.

Moving inside, the architecture guides you through a single nave toward a straight presbytery and a rounded apse. The header and apse are covered with a barrel vault, with the apse separated from the body of the church by a pointed arch of three archivolts resting on stepped jambs.

The interior is decorated with a double order of semicircular arcades separated by a frieze of quoining. The upper arches are ornamented with paintings from the late 13th and early 14th centuries representing Christ and the Apostles. On the exterior, double blind arcades are repeated, finished with eaves, a frieze of quoining, and brickwork in nacela.

Although the church began its state of ruin in the 19th century, the apse, a pair of portals, part of the tower, and the perimeter of the walls are now semi-ruined. One portal with four pointed archivolts over stepped jambs remains, decorated with two friezes of quoining separated by vertical bricks.

We invite you to explore the remains of this site today to study the medieval masonry and the double order of arcades that characterize this historic building.

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