San Tirso, Oviedo

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43°21′43.84″N 5°50′37.56″W / 43.3621778°N 5.8437667°W / 43.3621778; -5.8437667ArchitectureArchitect(s)TiodaTypeChurchStylePre-Romanesque, RomanesqueCompleted9th centuryWebsiteOfficial Website

The Church of Saint Thyrsus (Spanish: Iglesia de San Tirso; or Iglesia de San Tirso el Real de Oviedo) is a Roman Catholic Asturian Romanesque church situated in Oviedo, in Asturias, northern Spain. The church was established in the 790s. Dedicated to Saint Thyrsus, it was built by Tioda, the royal architect of Alfonso II of Asturias. The Great Fire of Oviedo in 1521 and rebuilding in the 18th century removed most of the original church, except for a three-light window.

Building

The building has suffered so much from alterations over the centuries and only the general plan has been preserved. It is that of a basilica with nave and aisles divided by rude stone piers set at unequal intervals, from which round arches spring. In the easternmost bay, however, owing to the smaller span, the arch was made sufficiently pointed to raise its crown to the same height as the others. This irregularity was already typical of Imperial Roman times, when barrel vaults were given a pointed form in order to make the height of rooms of varying size uniform, as it was necessary to raise the crown of the vault in some of them. This is illustrated by various chambers in the House of Tiberius on the Palatine.^[1]

There is no satisfactory explanation of the "many angels" the building is said to have presented in the Codex Vigilianus.

In the rectangular sanctuary atriplet round-arched window (2 by 2 metres (6.6 ft × 6.6 ft) is preserved. With its pre-romanesque bases, rough brick arches, and capitals with rude packed leaves, it gives an idea of the better style of building and carving in the time of Alfonso II of Asturias. It is known that the church of San Tirso housed Royal Chapel.^[2]

Notes

^ Rivoira 1918, p. 335
^ Redondo Cadenas 1975, p. 609

References

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Redondo Cadenas, Feliciano (1974). "La iglesia de San Tirso el Real de Oviedo I: su pasado y presente" (PDF). Boletin del Insituto de Estudios Asturianos (in Spanish). 29 (81): 171–183. ISSN 0020-384X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-31.
Redondo Cadenas, Feliciano (1975). "La iglesia de San Tirso el Real de Oviedo II: basílica primitiva" (PDF). Boletin del Insituto de Estudios Asturianos (in Spanish). 30 (88–89): 607–626. ISSN 0020-384X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-31.
Redondo Cadenas, Feliciano (1976). "La iglesia de San Tirso el Real de Oviedo III: La torre y sus alrededores" (PDF). Boletin del Insituto de Estudios Asturianos (in Spanish). 31 (90–91): 343–362. ISSN 0020-384X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-31.
Rivoira, Giovanni Teresio (1918). "Moslem architecture: its origins and development". London: Oxford University Press. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Pre-romanesque art in the Kingdom of Asturias

Pre-Romanesque art in Asturias is framed between the years 711 and 925, the period of the rise and extension of the Kingdom of Asturias.

Architecture

1st period (737 to 791)	Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís Church of San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista
2nd period (791 to 842)	Cathedral Basilica of San Salvador Pilgrimage church of Santiago de Compostela Church of San Tirso Church of San Julián de los Prados Church of Santa María de Bendones Church of San Pedro de Nora Church of Santiago de Gobiendes Cámara Santa of Oviedo
3rd period (842 to 866)	Church of Santa María del Naranco Church of San Miguel de Lillo Church of Santa Cristina de Lena
4th period (866 to 910)	Church of San Salvador de Valdediós Church of Santo Adriano de Tuñón
5th period (910 to 925)	Church of San Salvador de Priesca