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CHAPTER 4<br />

THE CHURCH<br />

The biggest artistic wealth of Ciadoncha is its church. René Jesús Payo<br />

Hernández, professor of the University of Burgos, did a study about the town where we<br />

find th<strong>at</strong> a church existed from the 10th century th<strong>at</strong> served to s<strong>at</strong>isfy the spiritual needs<br />

of the habitants of this place (34).<br />

There are not known how many buildings were constructed from the 10th to the<br />

13th centuries, but one thing we can be sure of is th<strong>at</strong> during the beginning of the 13th<br />

century a new parochial temple was initi<strong>at</strong>ed.<br />

Church de Ciadoncha. 2003<br />

Photo provided by D. Emérito Puente<br />

The apse and the stretch th<strong>at</strong> follows it is one of the better preserved parts from<br />

this time. On seeing the similarity of this apse with th<strong>at</strong> of the Monastery of the Heulgas<br />

of Burgos and with th<strong>at</strong> of the Villamayor de los Montes, it is easy to conclude th<strong>at</strong> it<br />

belongs to mid 13th century.<br />

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