San Salvador de Priesca.

The church of San Salvador was consecrated on September 23rd, in the year 921. It´s a notable piece of pre-romanesque architecture. I visited it today because I´d been told that the polychromes, the paintings on the walls, had been restored and should be seen. They have not. The lady who keeps the keys, and admits visitors, told me that the plans were made and work was about to begin, but it was halted by Covid, and they no longer have the funds to undertake the work. 
So what you see, in the main and the three collages, are interiors and exteriors of one of the later examples of Asturian pre-romanesque. 
The main shows what I´m told is called a barrel-vaulted arch in a chapel off the main body of the church. It´s the decoration that I wanted to show. It does still badly need restoration. 
Extra 1 shows two views of the interior and one view of the eastern external wall - the view that greets Santiago pilgrims as they approach Priesca from Colunga. There are some good examples of pre-romanesque windows visible. Extra 2 shows four exmples of the decoration that needs, and was going to get, restoration. I´m told that the present polychromes, those vsible here, date from the 16th century. Extra 3 shows a tomb of considerable age, a baptismal font from, apparently, the time of the church´s foundation (in which the key-lady told us she herself was baptised), a confessional booth, and an external pre-romanesque window.
I need to apologise for the quality - the pictures were all taken with available light, of which there was very little...