Puerta de Iglesia de Santiago - Gustei, Coles, Ourense, Galicia, España
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 42° 23.508 W 007° 51.201
29T E 594378 N 4693915
BIC since 1982
Waymark Code: WM13H51
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 12/15/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Jake39
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"Located in the parish of the same name, written as Godestei in documents signed by Afonso VII in 1157.

It is a Romanesque church dating from the 12th century. highlighting the integrity of your factory. It consists of a single nave and a rectangular apse. At the upper end of the nave and apse there are two antefixed crosses, the nave being on an agnus dei. It also presents a triumphal arch supported by two columns.

Outside, the facade has a flared door with three qruivoltas decorated with couples of angels reading a book. The columns and capitals have a floral motif. In the tympanum of the door of the South wall there is a shield with five fleurs-de-lis. It has a facade with a belfry.

Inside we find a pious decorated with scallops, and on the altar there is a polychrome granite image of Santiago with a 12th century book and staff.

There is also an embossed silver ciborium from 1574."

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The door is made of woog and is Romanesque, with three semicircular archivolts flanked by a chambrane, with a lintelled access opening.
Type of material of the door: Wood

Functional door?: Yes

Location of this door/way: On public property

Is it accessable only by paid admission": No

Style: Romanesque

Address or physical location:
Camiño Eirexa, 2 32100 Gustei, Ourense, Galicia, España


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