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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...and Ordono II. of Galicia. The chapel was the work of Archbishop Vivianus, who died in odour of sanctity, as well as the abbot of this Benedictine convent, both of whom are buried here. The exterior is modern; the interior, three Byzantine naves, each closed in by a circular apse. Over these two rise the Montes Aguilianos. On the highest of the hills, La Aguiana, stands a small chapel de N. Senora. The view from it spreads over all the Vierzo. Behind soar into the skies the blue peaks and gorges of Cabrera; on the E. the eye sweeps over the plains to Astorga, and to the W. the vegas of Galicia appear; the Oza issues from this hill, and, boiling noisily under San Pedro, flows into the valley of Valdueza. Carracedo.--This was the palace of Veremundo, who converted it into a convent, dedicated to the Saviour (990), and then fixed his residence at the Palace of Villabuena, on the opposite bank of the Cua, and 14 league higher than Carracedo, where he died nine years after. (He is better known as Bermudo II.) It was repaired, 1138, by the Emperor Alfonso, and became a wealthy Cistercian monastery. There are some very curious Byzantine remains here, belonging mostly to the 12th century, though there are some of the 10th; the church was modernised in 1796. Observe the old facade and portal, the lintel of which supports two bulls' heads. The ruinous lateral facade possesses still greater originality--sculptures of the Saviour, and two stiff, rude effigies of a king and a priest support the cornice. Over their heads are elaborate capitals, and their feet rest on two other ones, formed of monsters and fantastical de vices. The portal, of which there are few vestiges, was formod by three decrescent arches resting on columns; two of the latter stood before the effigies...
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