23 Oct Obarra
Another Romanesque wonder we advise you to visit is the Santa María de Obarra Cathedral, close to Vilaller, in the “Ribagorza Aragonesa”.
The exterior decoration is typically Lombard and has a very interesting peculiarity and little seen in buildings of this era.
This monastery was built in the first quarter of XI century, although the historian Jerome Zurtia that already existed “when the Moors invaded the province,” he says.
As in Alaon , you can see Visigoth remains from a previous temple. The basilica has three naves of six sections each preceded by a chancel. The exterior decoration is typically Lombard and has a very interesting peculiarity and little seen in buildings of this era: The roof is not gabled, as was typical at the time. We met a really innovative design, three separate roofs, where the center is the highest.
A different detail is the apses articulate directly with ships without intermediate main arches. Another curiosity is the architecture of the building also is an astronomical observatory and a perpetual Christian calendar.