The Church of the Monastery of San Miguel de Bárcena is a church located in Bárcena del Monasterio

Barcena del Monasterio

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, Tineo

Tineo

- Politics :-Parroquias :-Tourism:The Sacred Art Museum of Tineo is located at the Plaza Alonso Martinez inside the Convento de San Francisco del Monte , a 14th century Roman Catholic church accessible via the AS-217 road.-External links:***...

, Asturias

Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...

, Spain

Spain

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The current building, formerly the church of the Monastery of San Miguel de Bárcena, dates from the 13th century. A 16th century chapel is located on the building's north side. There is a vestry

Vestry

A vestry is a room in or attached to a church or synagogue in which the vestments, vessels, records, etc., are kept , and in which the clergy and choir robe or don their vestments for divine service....

 and small domed apsidiole

Apsidiole

An apsidole or absidiale is a small or secondary apse, one of the apses on either side of the main apse in a triapsidal church, or one of the apse-chapels when they project on the exterior of the church, particularly if the projection resembles an apse in shape.Francis Bond says that the Norman...

s. Part of the building contains Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture

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, and another Pre-Romanesque. Its foundation is a reconstruction of an existing old building. The interior is decorated with wall paintings from the 16th century.

A stone funerary

Funeral

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inscription dates to the year 1003.