San Acisclo and Santa Vitoria de Arroyuelos

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With an alcove (lower left) dedicated for several monolithic graves and in the style of monolithic necropolis - many example of which exist without associated churches; with rounded 'organic' style openings, with small 'oculus' portholes, carved envelope lines around openings, two floors (also present in a sub set of other examples), and an unconventional floorplan, there must be an option kept open for the chance that the bulk of this building existed in ages prior to those associated with Christianity. The interior does have an arch that looks to either Visigoth or Moorish, but that could have been carved into a rounder past surface and cannot assure chronology. 

The 'church' is currently in a position set back from the great river Ebro 'highway', just prior to a gorges with an extraordinary series of turns and demonstrations of naturally sculpted rock, and not far from a necropolis of monolithic graves with hard data aligning its location with prehistory. A second site that expresses over two floor is around 3 straight km north west: Hermitage of San Miguel (Presillas).

I took the shots with a 17mm Takumar prime. The lens distortion has not been adjusted, keeping the retro fisheye style and avoiding soft edges. CA was removed and a mild HDRpro passed through to assure the dynamic range between highlight and shadow. Shot with a Pentax K3.

AJM 8.9.20

Taken on: November 8, 2020

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Sets appears in: • Explored • Large scale rupestre of the greater Ebro more » • Monolithic sarcophagi • Spanish sites « less

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