Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel (Trevías)
| Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel | |
|---|---|
| Location | Trevías, Valdés, Asturias |
| History | |
| Consecrated | March 21, 1000 |
Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel (Trevías) is a church in Trevías, in the municipality of Valdés, Asturias, Spain. The church was consecrated by the counts Gundemaro Pinioliz and Mumadomna on 21 March 1000. It was rebuilt in the 19th century and was renovated and expanded in the 20th century.[1]
History
[edit]Originally a monastery in a place named Trebes, it later became a church located in Trevias.[2] The church was consecrated by the counts Gundemaro Pinioliz and Mumadomna in 1000.[1][a] In 1144, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile donated the Monastery to Aldonza Fernández and her niece Urraca Bermúdez, and upon her death, to the Monastery of San Vicente de Oviedo.[4]
Architecture
[edit]No remains of the original foundation are preserved in the interior or exterior.[3]
The current church was rebuilt in the 19th century and underwent further expansion and renovation the following century.[1]
In the portico, is a tombstone inscription in pink limestone which commemorates the completion of the early church on 21 March 1000. The church has a rectangular floor plan with three naves. The central nave is broader and taller than the ones flanking it and are separated by semicircular arches. The church has a flat roof.[1]
The wall behind the main altarpiece features a large fresco of the patron saint.[3] The main altarpiece in the apse is of the Archangel Gabriel and dates to 1749. There are images of Saint Michael (centre) Saint Lucy (to the left) and Saint Blaise (to the right) in three niches. In the left aisle is an altarpiece of the Rosary, dated to 1738, and in the right isle is an altarpiece of Christ, dated to 1766.[1]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel". Valdes.vivirasturias.com. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ Setién, Enrique Flórez de (1793). España sagrada: theatro geográphico-histórico de la iglesia de España ... (in Spanish). en la oficina de Pedro Marin. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Vigil, Ciriaco Miguel (15 July 2003). Asturias Monumental y Epigrafica [Monumental and Epigraphic Asturias] (in Spanish). Editorial MAXTOR. ISBN 978-84-9761-086-5. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Familia monastica del monasterio" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dialnet.unirioja.es. 1995.
