Derecha fachada Sur. San Miguel

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The right side of the southern facade of the Church of San Miguel, with door, tomb, sarcophagus, and inscriptions. The place was a monastery located in the town of the same name, near Gradefes de Rueda, province of Leon. It is located on the Camino de Santiago, 27 km from the city of Leon. From the monastery only the temple has been conserved today. The monastery was consecrated in the year 913 by Abbot Alfonso, who had arrived in Leon along with other monks from Cordoba. Work that could be considered Mozarabic for some authors, it would be included within the so-called art of repopulation, just as the Reconquest advanced. The Mozarabic temple was built reusing materials from previous eras, Visigothic and Roman. It has been a National Monument since 1886. The temple's floor plan is basilical with three naves, separated by arches over columns, some of which have been reused, on top of which rest horseshoe arches. The straight exterior head houses three semi-circular ultrasemispheres.