Olite - Iglesia de San Pedro

A settlement may have existed here during Roman times, later the Visigoths "refounded" the place. In 1147 Olite was given a "Fuero de los francos de Estella". Obviously the Franks, that had settled in Estella (40kms northwest) to kick-start the pilgrim-business, had the jurisdication right here. The church of San Pedro is the oldest in town. Though altered and rebuilt many times , the facade still has some interesting Romanesque details.

There is a very long and very weathered frieze running over the facade. Here is a detail. As just seen below there is a winged dragon. Here the beast is battled by a centaur. There is a human foot on centaur´s back...is the person on the right dancing?