San Pedro de la Nave

It is in the locality of El Campillo in the municipal unit of San Pedro de la Nave-Almendra.

[1] The traditional interpretation is that the church foundation goes back to the reign of Egica in the seventh century, having been built between 680 and before the Muslim conquest of Hispania in 711; San Pedro de la Nave would thus be one of the last works of Visigothic architecture.

The central nave, as is usually the case, is taller and wider than the aisles and is separated from them by arches supported by strong pillars.

The two arches perpendicular to the axis of the nave spring from impost blocks supported on columns attached to the piers.

There are two types of elements, deriving from different artistic conceptions and different craftsmen: first, a wide frieze corresponding to a course of the ashlar masonry, which shows a successions of circles with various vegetal and animal motives; second, the capitals of the engaged columns.