The Hermitage of San Baudelio de Berlanga (Ermita de San Baudelio de Berlanga) is a church situated at Caltojar

Caltojar

Caltojar is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 111 inhabitants.right|thumb|250px|La Veruela Atalaya....

, province of Soria

Soria (province)

Soria is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. Most of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico areaIt is bordered by the provinces of La Rioja, Zaragoza, Guadalajara, Segovia, and Burgos....

, Spain, 80 km south of Berlanga de Duero

Berlanga de Duero

Berlanga de Duero is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 1,099 inhabitants.-External links:* ** *...

. It is an example of Mozarabic

Mozarabic art and architecture

Mozarabic Art refers to art of Mozarabs , Iberian Christians living in Al-Andalus, the Muslim conquered territories in the period that comprises from the Arab invasion of the Iberian Peninsula to the end of the 11th century, adopted some Arab customs without converting to Islam, preserving their...

 architecture and was built in the 11th century, in what was then the frontier between Islamic

Islam

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 and Christian

Christian

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 lands. It is dedicated to Saint Baudilus

Baudilus

Saint Baudilus is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. His cult is closely associated with the city of Nîmes, but also spread into Spain....

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Conservation

The hermitage housed many frescoes

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

; most of these have been removed, but some have remained. The frescoes include that of a camel

Camel

A camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as humps on its back. There are two species of camels: the dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the bactrian has two humps. Dromedaries are native to the dry desert areas of West Asia,...

 and of a war elephant

War elephant

A war elephant was an elephant trained and guided by humans for combat. Their main use was to charge the enemy, trampling them and breaking their ranks. A division of war elephants is known as elephantry....

, which were inspired by Muslim motifs.