Valdedios


Maybe I am getting my architectural periods confused (not difficult given the variations across Europe), but I had always been led to believe that rounded arches were Romanesque, pointy ones Gothic. According to Wikipedia, the monastery shown here is Spanish Gothic and the adjacent Church of San Salvador is pre-Romanesque. Anyway, it is rather pretty, particularly given its pastoral location, although, as too often happens, the church itself (with definitely rounded arches) was covered in scaffolding, so no pictures this time. Yet another branch of the Camino de Santiago (with a convenient albergue in the monastery), although I have included the link to the Camino Frances just in case you are interested.