Romanesque architecture in Asturias: Sograndio

Oviedo is not only known for its impressive cathedral of Saint Salvator - of which, as the popular saying goes: whoever goes to Saint James and not to the Salvator, visits the servant and forgets the Lord - or for those superb exponents of an art, the Pre-Romanesque, which has in Saint Mary of the Naranco, Saint Michael of Lillo, Saint Julian of the Fields or Saint Mary of Bendones, a beauty without parallel, but also for another type of later architecture, the Romanesque, which is even more endearing if visited as a complement to the beauty of some surrounding towns.

This would be the case, for example, of the nearby town of Sograndio, located approximately eight kilometres from Oviedo and its significant 12th century church, dedicated to the one who possibly, after the criminal beheading of Cain, is the most famous and famous stoning of all time: the unfortunate Saint Stephen.

Saint Stephen of Sograndio, on the other hand, is a notable example of Romanesque architecture, which, without being excessively spectacular, is nevertheless moving for its humility, its balance and above all, for that rustic harmony, which even borders on the idyllic, provided by the small and gratifying park on whose soft carpet of grass it sits, from those misty times in which, however, a genuine advance in the architecture of this style in Asturias is noted.

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