Walking the Camino de Santiago
I mentioned yesterday that the evening Mass we attended was in a semi-detached chapel that I think was originally a sacristy. Here’s the ceiling of that chapel. It pays to look up sometimes! As you can see, this chapel is a very different style from the main church building. Date: 06 April 2016 Place: Viana (Navarra, Spain)
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Have I mentioned how overwhelming the Church of Santa María de Viana is? This is one of the many, many side chapels here. (For more, check out our Flickr gallery!) This is an absolutely beautiful church. Oddly, with all of these beautiful altars, the Mass that evening was in a semi-detached chapel that I think was originally a sacristy. Date: […]
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This side chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of Nieva, is one of a dozen or so scattered throughout the Church of Santa María de Viana. On our Flickr gallery, you can see many, many more photos of these chapels, side altars, and statues. Check them out – they are amazing. Date: 06 April 2016 Place: Viana (Navarra, Spain)
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Another photo of the high altar of Santa María de Viana, this time from an oblique angle so you can see some of the painting that covers the walls in the sanctuary. Just beautiful. Date: 06 April 2016 Place: Viana (Navarra, Spain)
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And this, this is the high altar of Santa María de Viana. No words required. Date: 06 April 2016 Place: Viana (Navarra, Spain)
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This is one of the reasons I love Spain’s churches so much. To orient you, you’re standing in the middle of the nave of Santa María de Viana, looking down the north transept to a side chapel – and there were many side chapels. If you look up above the chapel, you can see the original Gothic walls and window. […]
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After our visit to the ruins of San Pedro, we returned to the church of Santa María de Viana and actually went inside. Omigosh, it was amazing. Here’s a first taste, a baroque statue of Santiago to greet the weary pilgrims. Date: 06 April 2016 Place: Viana (Navarra, Spain)
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Another view from the ruins of San Pedro de Viana, this time looking straight up from what might have been the sacristy. Certainly, it is directly under the rose window opposite what would have been the sanctuary. Perhaps a vestibule of some sort? There is no “main” door from this area to the outside of the structure, just a tiny […]
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Some small patches of what used to be the interior decoration of the church of San Pedro de Viana still survive. This particular piece is set high on a wall under part of a roofed arcade that was once a side aisle of the church. Here it is in situ: Date: 06 April 2016 Place: Viana (Navarra, Spain)
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This photo is looking down the long nave of the ruined church of San Pedro in Viana. This will give you some little idea of the scale of the place. With no roof and very little in the way of an interior, the ruined walls of the church are like the bleached bones of some primordial beast rising from the […]
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