Spain, Asturias, Pola de Lena. Chapel of Santa Cristina de Lena. Erected during the Ramirense period, during the reign of Ramiro I (842-850) or that of his successor Ordoño I (850-866). It consists of a single rectangular vaulted nave. View of the iconostasis, formed by a triple arcade supported by columns with Corinthian capitals, and the two-piece Visigothic doorway. Behind, the presbytery.

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