Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina
The Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina is a medieval church located in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, La Rioja, Spain. It was consecrated in 1137. It was apparently founded by Ramiro Sánchez to house relics from the Holy Land, notably a supposed fragment of the True Cross.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Hermitage of Santa Maria de La Piscina”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of San Esteban and Ermita de Orzales.
Church of San Esteban
Church
The Church of San Esteban is a church located in Ábalos, La Rioja, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1973. Church of San Esteban is situated 1¼ km east of Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina.
Ermita de Orzales
Church
Photo: Juanma232, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ermita de Orzales is a church, which is situated 3 km north of Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina.
Church of Santa María la Mayor, San Vicente de la Sonsierra
Church
Photo: Zarateman, Public domain.
Church of Santa María la Mayor, San Vicente de la Sonsierra is situated 3½ km southwest of Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ábalos and Orzales.
Ábalos
Village
Ábalos is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja, Spain. Located in Rioja Alta, on the left bank of the river Ebro, near Haro. It is bounded on the north by the Toloño mountains, on the south by San Asensio and Baños de Ebro, on the east by Samaniego and Villabuena de Álava, and to the west by San Vicente de la Sonsierra.
San Vicente de la Sonsierra
Village
San Vicente de la Sonsierra is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 48.56 square kilometres and as of 2011 had a population of 1132 people. San Vicente de la Sonsierra is situated 3 km southwest of Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina.
Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina
- Categories: monument, building, chapel, place of worship, and religion
- Location: San Vicente de la Sonsierra, La Rioja, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.5781° or 42° 34′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.7259° or 2° 43′ 33″ westOpen location code
8CJVH7HF+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 584209045OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q613742
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Santa María de La Piscina baseliza”
- Dutch: “Hermitage of Santa María de La Piscina”
- French: “Ermitage de Santa Maria de La Piscina”
- German: “Santa María de La Piscina”
- Portuguese: “Ermida de Santa Maria de La Piscina”
- Spanish: “Ermita de Santa Maria de La Piscina”
- Spanish: “Ermita de Santa María de La Piscina”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Necrópolis La Piscina and Necrópolis de La Piscina.
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