Iglesia de Santa María (Tábara) - Tábara, Zamora, Castilla y León, España - Roman Catholic Churches on Waymarking.com

"Currently, it is considered a BIC (Well of Cultural Interest) (it was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument belonging to the National Artistic Treasure by decree of June 3, 1931.

History
In the year 970 , the well-known Beatus of Tábara or book of the commentary of the Apocalypse is dated, in which the monks Magio and Emeterio represent the desk where they copied and illuminated it, corresponding to the tower of the monastery that Froila founded during the reign of Alfonso III and that is identified with this church, today under the patronage of Santa María.

Description
Little of this monastery has come down to us, except for the room located at the base of the current tower, whose access from inside the church is through a horseshoe arch on columns, with a clear Mozarabic flavor . The rest of the building is the result of different interventions and reforms, begun in the Romanesque period and completed in 1761 .. Its current plan is made up of three naves separated by wide semicircular arches; indicated transept, with a spherical vault and polygonal apse on the outside and a sacristy attached to the N. Access is through an open door on the S. side, there is another on the north side, but closed since ancient times, both corresponding to the Romanesque period. At the foot is the emblematic tower, finished off with two bodies of bells in which they open, two arches in the first and three in the upper one. At its base there is a small portico, already from the modern era, which shelters the access door."


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Type of Church: Church Status of Building: Building converted to another use Dominant Architectural Style: romanesque Diocese: Zamora Address/Location: Pl. John Williams, 2, Tábara, Zamora Relvant Web Site: [Web Link] Date of organization: Not listed Date of building construction: Not listed Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed Archdiocese: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   04/14/2022 Ariberna visited it