The 17th-century Iglesia de San Román in Valladolid

The Iglesia de San Román is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Roman of Antioch, located in San Román de Hornija, Valladolid. It was designated as a site of cultural interest on April 20, 1999. The building sits on the site of an ancient monastery founded by Chindasvinto, where he and his wife Reciberga were buried. The site was rebuilt in the 10th century in Mozarabic style and underwent several subsequent reforms that altered its original appearance.

From the early period, six Visigothic capitals and marble columns remain. Two of these marble capitals are joined by their collars so that one serves as a base and the other as a font, forming a holy water font. Another capital supports the pulpit, while the rest support the portico of an annex. A 9th or early 10th-century altar with an epigraphic inscription serves as a baptismal font. Additionally, a Mozarabic column with a spiral-fluted shaft supports the pulpit.

The current church is a 17th-century construction featuring a single nave reinforced by buttresses and two side chapels at the foot. The exterior walls consist of brick piles and piers, with masonry and ashlar used for the tower, side chapels, and base. A wooden eave supported by canes runs along the entire nave. One of the most notable features is the tower-porch, which serves as the entrance. This square tower has four bodies, with the lower two made of stone and the upper two made of brick. The lower body features semi-circular arches that provide access to a square portico covered with a hemispherical dome.

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