Puertas Nuestra Señora del Azogue - Sanabria, Zamora, Castilla y León, España - Doorways of the World on Waymarking.com

"The Church of Santa María del Azogue is located at the highest point of the town and, like most of the Romanesque churches in the area, nowadays it is a mixture of styles as a result of the numerous reforms undergone.


It has a Latin cross plan with a polygonal head, a corner tower, a sacristy, a dressing room and other rooms.


Of the Romanesque part, only the box of walls of the nave with its two façades, although its main interest lies in the western gable, on which a slender Baroque tower was attached.


The southern door is under a porch located between the tower and the southern arm of the transept. It consists of three round archivolts flared on jambs. The exterior decorated with tetrapetal flowers, the middle one is a baquetón surrounded by stems that intersect to form rhombuses and the interior is formed by a nacelle between two boceles.


The other door, the western one, is made up of four pointed archivolts. Separate mention deserve the columns, and the statues attached to it, made of slate stone, while the rest is made of granite. A bearded knight's head is embedded on its key. The capitals contain figures of ferns, stalks, ellipses and human figures and above the door there is an oculus or porthole, also Romanesque. The chambrana shows a worn checkered pattern of great simplicity."

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Type of material of the door: Wood Functional door?: Yes Location of this door/way: On public property Is it accessable only by paid admission": No Style: Romanesque Address or physical location: Pl. Mayor, 12, 49300 Puebla de Sanabria, Zamora, España

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Date Logged Log User Rating   01/08/2022 Ariberna visited it