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Church of the Natividad of Armallones: 13th-century Romanesque
The church of Nuestra Señora de la Natividad in Armallones is a 13th-century Romanesque building with a single nave in four bays, a chancel, and a semicircular apse. Its austere portal features three archivolts, one adorned with typical Romanesque chequerboard decoration (taqueado jaqués). A bell-gable crowns the western facade.
Lands and landscapes
From here, follow the memory of the territory
These readings connect Church of the Natividad of Armallones: 13th-century Romanesque with the history, work, and villages around it.
- Municipality
- Armallones
- Province
- Guadalajara
- Altitude
- 1,192 m
- Romanesque
- 13th century
- Semicircular apse
- Chequerboard moulding
A church of the Christian repopulation
At the top of the village of Armallones, at the gateway to the Alto Tajo, stands a 13th-century Romanesque church. Internally it is modest: a single nave divided into four bays by wall pilasters, terminating in a chancel and a semicircular apse.
The portal
Its most distinctive feature is outside. The portal consists of a semicircular arch with three projecting archivolts. Decoration is austere: carved mouldings on the outer ring, a fine chequerboard band (taqueado jaqués) on the central ring, and a simple chamfer on the inner ring, resting upon smooth pilasters. Above the western facade rises a stone bell-gable (espadaña) built over masonry walls.
Nearby
From Armallones a path descends to the Hundido de Armallones, one of the most breathtaking geological landscapes in the Natural Park.
Location
● Reference point · ● Villages · ● Places
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Reference villages: Armallones · Huertapelayo · Valtablado del Río · Ocentejo.
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