San Miguel de Lillo, World Heritage San Miguel de Lillo, built on the Naranco mount, near Santa María, was built to be a church. Its sophisticated layout and construction technique allowed to make of it an extremely high building for the IXth century.
It's inner walls were richly decorated with paintings that pushed one step beyond the geometrical decorations of San Julián.
But probably due to its location -too near of a stream- and the instability of the ground on which it stands the proud construction collapsed down in the XIIIth century to a third of what it had been. A new apse was made to keep it going.
The original layout of the church is marked on the outside by a line made of pieces of wood.

Nearby images in Oviedo

A: San Miguel de Lillo, Oviedo, World Heritage

by Inaki Rezola, less than 10 meters away

San Miguel de Lillo, World Heritage San Miguel de Lillo, built on the Naranco mount, near Santa María...

B: San Miguel de Lillo, Oviedo, World Heritage

by Inaki Rezola, less than 10 meters away

San Miguel de Lillo, World Heritage San Miguel de Lillo, built on the Naranco mount, near Santa María...

C: San Miguel de Lillo, Oviedo, World Heritage

by Inaki Rezola, less than 10 meters away

San Miguel de Lillo, World Heritage San Miguel de Lillo, built on the Naranco mount, near Santa María...

D: Santa Maria del Naranco-NO

by bancoimagenes360, 200 meters away

Vista Norte de Santa Maria del Naranco, situado en la cara Sur del Monte Naranco, a cuatro Km de Ovie...

E: Santa Maria del Naranco Oviedo Spain

by Juan Lamata, 210 meters away

The church of St Mary at Mount Naranco (Spanish: Iglesia de Santa María del Naranco) (Asturian: Ilesi...

F: Santa Maria del Naranco-SO

by bancoimagenes360, 210 meters away

Vista Suroeste de Santa Maria del Naranco, monumento situado en la cara Sur del Monte Naranco, a cuat...

G: Santa Maria de Naranco-N

by bancoimagenes360, 210 meters away

Vista N de Santa Maria de Naranco,situado a cuatro Km de Oviedo, en la ladera Sur del Monte Naranco. ...

H: Santa Maria de Naranco-Mirador-O

by bancoimagenes360, 210 meters away

Mirador Oeste de Santa Maria de Naranco,situado a cuatro Km de Oviedo, en la ladera Sur del Monte Nar...

I: Santa Maria del Naranco-Vestibulo N

by bancoimagenes360, 220 meters away

Vestibulo de Santa Maria del Naranco, monumento situado en la cara Sur del Monte Naranco, a cuatro Km...

J: Santa Maria del Naranco-Sala Noble

by bancoimagenes360, 220 meters away

Sala Noble de Santa Maria del Naranco, situado en la cara Sur del Monte Naranco, a cuatro Km de Ovied...

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