Capital, Church of St Peter, Loarre Castle, Loarre

Figures on a carved capital in the apse of the Church of St Peter, Romanesque, at the Castillo de Loarre or Loarre Castle, a Romanesque fortress begun in the 11th century, at Loarre, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. The apse has columns joined by arches with decorative capitals carved with vegetal designs, mythological animals and biblical characters. The castle was built c. 1020 under Sancho el Mayor and added to 1073-97, with several buildings built over a rocky outcrop, with the outer ramparts and towers built in the 14th century. The castle is listed as a Cultural and National Monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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