San Juan Bautista
Church
Thanks to an official document of
donation signed for the king Ramiro I
in 1055 it is known that in Lecina there
was a preBenedictine monastery devoted
to San Cucufate..
Although his exact place is not known, the current church might be raised above the old monastery, as it is testified by some elements, re-used in the modern church. The parish church has its origin in the XVIth century, although it is raised on a previous Romanesque chapel, from which comes the southern wall and some isolated elements as the christogram built in the large window of the atrium.
donation signed for the king Ramiro I
in 1055 it is known that in Lecina there
was a preBenedictine monastery devoted
to San Cucufate..
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The Christogram (Chi-Rho)
It was found between the rubble of the temple in one of the restorations and it was placed in the interior wall of the modern atrium.
It is a circular christogram of seven arms, in the traditional Huesca style, similar to the one in the south door dedicated to the Epiphany, in the San Pedro el Viejo Church, in Huesca. It is possible to date it in the beginnings of the XIIth century.
Crismón located in the inner wall of the church
It was found between the rubble of the temple in one of the restorations and it was placed in the interior wall of the modern atrium.
It is a circular christogram of seven arms, in the traditional Huesca style, similar to the one in the south door dedicated to the Epiphany, in the San Pedro el Viejo Church, in Huesca. It is possible to date it in the beginnings of the XIIth century.
Crismón located in the inner wall of the church
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Interior of the Church
It has a rectangular plan covered with a fanlights vault and it possesses a wide transept covered with lower dome.
The apse is of right head and it is decorated by a moulding cornice that lean on pilasters with Corinthian capitals on top. In the corners of the transept there are opened vaulted niches where the figures of San Benito and San Antonio Abad are situated, with wall paintings as trompe l'oeil. To the feet and below an arch it is preserved a baptismal font.
It has a rectangular plan covered with a fanlights vault and it possesses a wide transept covered with lower dome.
The apse is of right head and it is decorated by a moulding cornice that lean on pilasters with Corinthian capitals on top. In the corners of the transept there are opened vaulted niches where the figures of San Benito and San Antonio Abad are situated, with wall paintings as trompe l'oeil. To the feet and below an arch it is preserved a baptismal font.
Click to extend the image The Belfry Tower
In the south wall, adjacent to the remains of the Romanesque temple, the stone tower is erected, possibly using previous elements. It has two sections of quadrangular plan.
In the south wall, adjacent to the remains of the Romanesque temple, the stone tower is erected, possibly using previous elements. It has two sections of quadrangular plan.
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