The Palentine Style Monastery in Nogal de las Huertas

Standing tall in the village of Nogal de las Huertas, San Salvador de Nogal de las Huertas draws the visitors' gaze with its significant architecture. The monastery is the oldest surviving example of the Palentine style, a romanesque idiom originating from the province of Palencia, in Spain. It was founded by Countess Elvira Sánchez in 1063, featuring a central nave and a square apse in its initial construction.

In the mid-twelfth century, Rodrigo, youngest son of Count Pedro González de Lara and his wife Eva, became its prior, an unprecedented move for a male member of an aristocratic family in Castile. In the thirteenth century, two lateral naves with the pointed arches typical of the Gothic style were added to the monastery.

The monastery passed into private hands in the 19th century. In June 1931, its ruins were declared a monumento histórico-artístico, nowadays called a conjunto histórico.

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