Church of San Salvador de Priesca

The church has a basilica floor plan consisting of three naves, the central nave wider and higher than the side naves, covered with wood and separated by masonry pillars with a square base with capitals-imposta of mouldings and bases that support three semi-circular former arches in rendered brick. On the walls of the central nave, above the pillars, there are four rectangular openings on each side, closed with lattices (most of which have been reconstructed). The roof is of exposed framework.

The chancel is tripartite; the three chapels are covered with barrel vaults. The central chapel is surrounded by a blind arcade on a slab formed by semicircular arches on attached columns with very schematic leaf capitals, which, together with the capitals of the triumphal arch, recall those of Valdediós. Inside, the remains of paintings with plant, geometric and architectural motifs are preserved. At the foot of the church there is a portico divided into three enclosures, and above the central one there is a tribune.

The pre-Romanesque church of San Salvador de Priesca (Villaviciosa) together with the church and rectory of Santa María de Soto de Luiña (Cudillero), both on the Coastal Way, and the Cathedral of El Salvador in Oviedo/Uviéu and the Monastery of San Salvador de Cornellana (Salas), both on the Primitive Way, have been recognised as Unesco World Heritage Sites.