Church of Santa María (Llugás)

The church of Santa María de Llugás, a small village in the council of Villaviciosa, dates back to the 13th century, but the two doorways and the triumphal arch remain from the Romanesque period, as the church was completely rebuilt in the 17th century. The church has a Latin cross plan and a large polygonal chevet. It has a sacristy attached to the north wall and in the 19th century a colonnaded portico was added, which surrounds the church.

Externally, from a decorative point of view, the two Romanesque doorways stand out. The western doorway is located on a projecting body of the building, topped with corbels and metopes, and is structured into three semicircular archivolts with geometric decoration and zigzag motifs, which rest on imposts and three pairs of columns with capitals decorated with plant and figurative motifs.

The south doorway is simpler, with two semicircular archivolts decorated, one with beaked heads and the other with Zamoran scrolls. The double archivolt is protected by a moulding and rests on a column on each side with decorated capitals.

Inside, the nave is separated by a Romanesque triumphal arch with a double archivolt with zigzag motifs, which rests on columns with decorated capitals.