Church of Our Lady of the Annunciated, Urueña

The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Anunciada de Urueña (Province of Valladolid, Spain) built in the 11th century is located outside the walled enclosure of the town, in the valley. It is known that previously there was a small Mozarabic monastery called San Pedro de Cubillas and that it was an Infanta "Doña Sancha" (perhaps Sancha de Urgel) who transformed it into this church. It corresponds to the first Romanesque with Lombard ornamentation that spread throughout Catalonia and Aragon and it is believed that its influence is due to the descendants of Count Pedro Ansúrez (the repopulator of Valladolid), the Ermengol, from the county of Urgel. The temple is built in ashlar, with very thick walls, without buttresses, with decoration of blind arches and Lombard bands on the walls of the three apses and the transept. In the transept rises the octagonal dome that rests on the square dome with the help of 4 trumpets. The naves have a barrel vault. In the XVIII century, the current quadrangular apse was added to the apse and the front of the feet was changed. Also in that century the dedication of the church was changed. Inside is the image of Nuestra Señora de la Anunciada, a dress image. Her feast and pilgrimage is celebrated on March 25.