- Title Oviedo Asturias Centre
- Address Address: Selgas, 2 ■ 33001 - Oviedo/Uviéu
- Owned by Owned by: Ecclesiastical
- Phone Phone: 687 052 826 (reservas)
- Email Email: visitasantullano1@gmail.com
The pre-Romanesque church of San Julián de los Prados is the oldest and largest of the pre-Romanesque buildings that still remain. Built during the reign of Alfonso II the Chaste (791-842), it was dedicated to San Julián and his wife Santa Basilisa. In 896 it was donated to the cathedral of San Salvador together with its palaces, baths and tricliniums by Alfonso III the Great.
It has a Latin basilica plan with three naves, a transept formed by a large transversal nave, a tripartite chevet with three square chapels covered with barrel vaults, a portico at the base and side rooms.
Inside, the naves are separated by semicircular arches on square pillars. The central nave is separated from the transept by a toral arch on either side of which there are two openings with stone arches.
The naves and transept are covered with a wooden frame, while the chapels are covered with a barrel vault. Above the central chapel is an enclosure with access from the outside through a mullioned window with three brick arches on two small marble columns.
The paintings that decorate the stucco that plastered the entire interior of the walls and vaults, which are derived from Roman ornamental motifs, stand out, as do the blind arches that run around the central apse, and the lattices that close the openings (only one of which is original).
Built in: 9th century
(Opening times subject to unforeseen changes due to extraordinary celebrations)
Monday to Saturday: 10:00, 10:45 and 11:30 h. (last visit)
Easter week:
25th and 28th: 9:30, 10:15, 11:00, 11:45 and 12:30h.
26. 27 and 30: 9:30, 10:15, 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 16:00, 16:45 and 17:30.
Closed: 29 March, Sundays and public holidays.
No photography and/or filming inside. Duration of visits: 30 min. Maximum capacity: 15 people per visit.
Individual: 4€.
Groups +20 pax (booking recommended): 3€.
Children (7-12 years): 1€.
Free: first Monday of the month
Bus Line C1 (Santullano stop)