Iglesa de San Martin

This famous construction is one of the few buildings of the full or dynastic Romanesque in Spain and shows obvious relations with other buildings of the Camino de Santiago such as the Cathedral of Jaca, San Isidoro de León and the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Its origin is to be found in a Benedictine monastery founded by Doña Mayor, Countess of Castile and Queen of Navarre (widow of Sancho el Mayor) in 1066, although the current temple had to be built in the last two decades of the eleventh century

As far as architecture is concerned, the debt that this church owes to Medieval Byzantine architecture (consolidated from the 9th century by Armenian influence) is evident and merged with the tradition of Latin basilical temples to form a mestizaje as outstanding as that of Frómista.Read more