Santa Marina Church (Puerto de Vega)

This church in western Asturias was built in the first half of the 18th century. The structure is surrounded by two porticoes, one on the south side, open and supported by columns, and another closed at the front that extends in height to form the main façade. This highly original façade is divided horizontally into three storeys and vertically into three streets.

The ground floor is opened by semicircular arches. On the first floor there is a balcony with Baroque mouldings and railings, on both sides of the balcony there are two lintelled openings, and on the upper floor there are two semicircular openings, one of them, which is narrower, houses a bell and in the centre there is a clock.

The façade is finished off with two turrets with a dome and spire and a belfry with a single opening in the form of a pediment.

The entire body of the façade is made of rendered masonry, highlighting the masonry of the corners, openings, buttresses and cornice.