Spain Tour 11:Santa Maria Real de Piasca

So this next day we got up late and headed quickly through Potes from the La Isla campsite to thislovely little Romanesque church, Santa Maria Real de Piasca.

The church is all that remains of an early monastery on the site - of which there seems to be some record that it was operating as long ago as 930AD. The present church is mid-twelfth century, and built on an earlier building.
The most interesting features of the church today must be the fantastic Romanesque carvings.

It was a beautiful, hot sunny day as we perambulated around the church. There was a distinct and pronounced disdain for the vertical on the part of the builders, or so we thought.

Lovely, lush trees and bushes surrounded the site.
...these are what our oldest insisted were 'hovering buttresses.
And the site was also notable for the number of young kittens we spotted.
A nice place to stop for a quick visit, even if a little out of the way.