The Church of San Vicente in Potes showcases centuries of construction

The Church of San Vicente is located in the village of Potes in the municipality of the same name. It is a Monumento Histórico Artístico that serves as a chronicle of construction spanning from the 14th to the 18th century, showcasing an evolution from Gothic forms.

Initially, the church consisted of a single nave of four sections marked by machones in the interior and buttresses in the exterior. The door and openings are pointed and feature molding on the neck. These elements, along with the chapel with a barrel vault, likely correspond to the 14th and 15th centuries.

The main chapel is square and of the same width as the nave, separated from the nave by a triumphal arch. This space is covered with a simple octopartite rib vault, with a chronology extending from the second half of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century. During the 16th century, a sacristy was added to the south of the main chapel and the first tract of the nave, along with a bell tower on the western facade that has a Gothic structure but features round-headed openings in a classical style.

In the 18th century, the church was doubled with a building of a nave divided into five sections. These sections are covered with stellar rib vaults with tiercets and combats, except for the western and eastern sections, which are covered with simple octopartite and quadripartite rib vaults, respectively.

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