Church of Santa María (Celón)

Santa María de Celón preserves a clearly Romanesque structure, although it has undergone major modifications over the years. It has a single nave with a rectangular chancel and a chapel attached to the north wall.

The church conserves two Romanesque doorways, one on the south wall and the other on the front, the latter being a beautiful example of the Romanesque style with three semicircular archivolts resting on two columns with decorated capitals.

The interior is covered with a wooden roof except for the main chapel, which is covered with a pointed barrel vault. The chapel is separated from the nave by a slightly pointed triumphal arch, and the entire area of the apse and presbytery is decorated with mural paintings dating from the 16th century.

Of particular importance are the minor 13th century church bell, the second oldest preserved in Asturias, and the Romanesque carving of the Virgin and Child, which dates from the 13th century and occupies the centre of the 18th century altarpiece. The Church of Santa María de Celón was restored in 1982 and 1986, the latter restoration being carried out by the Regional Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.

It is attributed a chronology of the 9th century.