Main gate of church of San Pelayo in Arenillas de San Pelayo (Palencia, Castile and León). It is the splendid rest of whatever monastery "Dotado en 1132 por los familiares de Muño de Saldaña, que lo hicieron libre en 1159 y que pasó en 1168 a los premostratenses de Retuerta”. In spite of the successive remodelings has been suffering since the beginning of his career, this temple retains an elegant style still airy and proportionate distribution of their volumes. Contributes to this finding is exempt Southeast of the hamlet. Currently meets parish church and local cemetery, which is located at the header of the same functions.
<p>Spotlight your global doneness are the header and the portico. Seat, is composed of three apses, taller and proportion central and on the sides of minors, two added chapels comprising an elegant way to false cruise together. The header is plastered protecting the brick. The central apse is smooth, except for a central band that we have a profusion of intermingled decorative and functional elements: three elongated dept and blinded Windows - which in turn would bring light to the interior - are arranged at regular intervals. Between them and in succession 1-3 - 3-1, other smaller in height the same doneness, blind from source, complete the bottom of the decoration. On it, and at regular intervals, 10 vain blind rectangular and rehundidos, with the same style of apparently are arranged in succession 1-4 - 4-1, separated by the upper area of the elongated Windows and tresbolillados to the lower elements. Late era opened a large window square on the North by removing some of the vain described (two of the upper and one lower apart from the north side window) side. A succession of smooth canecillos underpin the cornice.
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This decorative style of the central apse is characteristic do the Valdavia area mudéjar, and certainly that under the stucco header will be another copy of the "brick Romanesque". The smaller apses focused by spilled window are located on both sides.
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