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with a thermo-clay wall. When the foundation of the replacement wall was being built, remains of skulls from bodies buried outside the church were found. The exterior door of the porch consists of two large panels, with a smaller door inset for quick access. Although the large panels would have been opened regularly, there were bound together at some point, perhaps to protect the
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plots were paid for, wealthier members of the congregation could afford to be buried closer to the alter, while most were buried in areas on the far end of the church. As space ran out beneath the nave of the church, a need for an exterior cemetery became apparent in the 18th century, but interior burials continued until the 19th century.
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floor of the main church remains intact and has been preserved. For much of the church's history graves were laid beneath the floor of the church. As a result, many of the tiles are today dented and have chipped edges on their edges as they were lifted and relaid into the floor. Because these burial
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of the church. Part of the porch was used as liturgical storage from some time after its erection until its restoration in 2012. The 2012 restoration works were focused on conservation of the porch's roof, cleaning of the interior facade, and replacement of the adobe wall of the eastern enclosure
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projected outwards. The area of the apse is reinforced with very thick but low buttresses, since in this area the church tends to open up as well. In the cemetery area, the base of these buttresses are eroded by humidity and burials, leaving the building unprotected. Therefore, the arch of the
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during the summer season, and the shadow of the temple reached this brick during the months of the heat wave, just as it arrived at noon, serving as a reference for the neighbors who were working in the vicinity of the church.
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recognised the existence of their respective communities in 1180. The church in
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pews closest to the presbytery. These kneeling places were usually above the areas where their relatives were buried, and the place where the women of the same family sat was maintained from generation to generation.
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was also uncovered during the renovations, which had been removed from its original location and refitted sometime after the work of Juan de la Cuesta. The stone has a series of grooves that experts at the
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with a relief of a pattée cross on one of its sides. By comparing this font to the one held by the nearby Church of San Pelayo in
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that was donated by the family of Martín Cabezón at the beginning of the 20th century for the safe return of their son Marcos Cabezón from the
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