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Church of Santa María de la Vega
(كنيسة سانتا مارية دي لا فيجا)

Title	Church of Santa María de la Vega
Title Original	كنيسة سانتا مارية دي لا فيجا
Publication Date:	About 1208
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	monument;ISL;es;Mon01;33;ar
Library Location	Toro (Zamora), Spain
Date	About 1208
Notes	A single-nave church, spacious enough, with graceful double arches, except for the apse - smooth and perhaps not ancient - and the apse with a single apse. The interior and exterior decoration of the walls is regular except in the chest area; It is based on a system of solid, perfectly round arches, surmounted by continuous flat bands in verticals above the keys. A decorative protrusion of brick in the form of a concave ornament leads to the ceiling; The difference in the dimensions of the arches, despite their preservation of the aforementioned layout, has a decorative effect on the external facades of the straight arches - three arches - and of the chest - seven arches. Inside the second arch, fourth arch, and sixth arch of the chest, windows open in the form of throwing holes, isolated from the group by a new, fully circular arch. The side doors have many broken arches and prominent pads. However, the door that matches the left wall, which is much restored, and takes the form of a broken arch with three vertebrae, interrupts the decoration of the arch in which it opens. The interior presents a simplified decorative plan, with two levels of solid arches. Above the arches runs a flat band of vertical lines above which the pointed vault cap rests. The chest cover is semicircular and takes the shape of a quarter-cylindrical vault with arches of the same type found on doors. In accordance with the traditional layout of Toro churches, the ceremonial arch is surrounded by a frame with a columnar lintel; Thus, we are in a church inspired by the Church of San Lorenzo, which served as a reference point for the churches built in the province of Toro. The bricks used in construction are huge and vary in size, some of which reach a length of 69 cm. Despite all this, what dominates is the sense of harmony of the building with simple and balanced forms. During the period of the Catholic Kings (1479 - 1504), scenes were painted whose theme revolves around the coronation of the Virgin, accompanied by groups of musical angels and angels close to them, which are testimonies of the Flemish style. An inscription running along the frieze indicates an ornament built by Don Rodrigo de Ulloa and Doña Aldonza of Castile in 1481; All of these are indications that artistic ideas changed at the end of the Middle Ages.
Sample Text	Ángela Franco “Church of Santa María de la Vega” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;es;Mon01;33;ar

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Church of Santa María de la Vega

(كنيسة سانتا مارية دي لا فيجا)

Publication Date About 1208

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID monument;ISL;es;Mon01;33;ar

Library Location Toro (Zamora), Spain

Date About 1208

Notes A single-nave church, spacious enough, with graceful double arches, except for the apse - smooth and perhaps not ancient - and the apse with a single apse. The interior and exterior decoration of the walls is regular except in the chest area; It is based on a system of solid, perfectly round arches, surmounted by continuous flat bands in verticals above the keys. A decorative protrusion of brick in the form of a concave ornament leads to the ceiling; The difference in the dimensions of the arches, despite their preservation of the aforementioned layout, has a decorative effect on the external facades of the straight arches - three arches - and of the chest - seven arches. Inside the second arch, fourth arch, and sixth arch of the chest, windows open in the form of throwing holes, isolated from the group by a new, fully circular arch. The side doors have many broken arches and prominent pads. However, the door that matches the left wall, which is much restored, and takes the form of a broken arch with three vertebrae, interrupts the decoration of the arch in which it opens. The interior presents a simplified decorative plan, with two levels of solid arches. Above the arches runs a flat band of vertical lines above which the pointed vault cap rests. The chest cover is semicircular and takes the shape of a quarter-cylindrical vault with arches of the same type found on doors. In accordance with the traditional layout of Toro churches, the ceremonial arch is surrounded by a frame with a columnar lintel; Thus, we are in a church inspired by the Church of San Lorenzo, which served as a reference point for the churches built in the province of Toro. The bricks used in construction are huge and vary in size, some of which reach a length of 69 cm. Despite all this, what dominates is the sense of harmony of the building with simple and balanced forms. During the period of the Catholic Kings (1479 - 1504), scenes were painted whose theme revolves around the coronation of the Virgin, accompanied by groups of musical angels and angels close to them, which are testimonies of the Flemish style. An inscription running along the frieze indicates an ornament built by Don Rodrigo de Ulloa and Doña Aldonza of Castile in 1481; All of these are indications that artistic ideas changed at the end of the Middle Ages.

Sample Text Ángela Franco “Church of Santa María de la Vega” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;es;Mon01;33;ar