Santa María del Naranco

The church of St Mary at Mount Naranco () is a Roman Catholic church in Oviedo, northern Spain. It was built in 848 as a royal palace for King Ramiro I of Asturias.Agnieszka Drewno; et al, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Northern Spain (New York: DK Publishing, 2009), p. 92 It was changed into a church during the 13th century.James Maxwell Anderson, Spain, 1001 Sights: An Archaeological and Historical Guide (Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary Press; London: Robert Hale, 1991), p. 136 Santa María church is an example of Asturian pre-Romanesque architecture.Agnieszka Drewno; et al, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Northern Spain (New York: DK Publishing, 2009), p. 38 In 1985 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.Policy and Law in Heritage Conservation, ed. Robert Pickard (New York; London: Spon Press, 2001), p. 269 It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1885. The Church of St Mary at Mount Naranco was one of 100 finalists for the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.

 Gallery 

 Related pages 
 Asturian art

 References 

 Additional reading 
 James Fergusson, A history of architecture in all countries, Book VII: Spanish and Portugal 
 Lorenzo Arias Paramo, 'Geometría y proporción en la arquitectura prerrománica asturiana', Actas del III Congreso de Arqueología Medieval Española, Universidad de Oviedo, pp. 27–37

Other websites
 Official page of Santa María del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo
 3D model on Google Earth 
 A photo essay about the Santa María del Naranco 

Category:World Heritage Sites in Spain
Category:Churches in Spain
Category:Oviedo
Category:840s establishments
Category:9th-century buildings and structures