Huesca - San Pedro el Viejo

The Monasterio de San Pedro el Viejo ("Saint Peter the Old") is a former Benedictine monastery built within the 12th century. A church had existed here (built on the place of a Roman temple) since Visigothic times and even, when the Moors hold Huesca, this church was in use.

Christian troops conquered Huesca in 1096 and from 1117 on Benedictines with obvious ties to Cluny reconstructed the church and erected a monasterio here.
Of course the Benedictian monastery needed a decent cloister. This got erected adjoining the church around 1140. Many of the capitals, carved in the style of the "Master of Agüero" (aka "Master of San Juan de la Peña"), are creations done during the renovation of San Pedro el Viejo end of the 19th century.

Here is one of the old, weathered carvings. The left side seen here is well reserved. The carvings of this are all connected to the resurrection.

I learned from information, given in Huesca, that here Pontius Pilatus (seated on a throne) is discussing the issue about the tomb with jewish priests. There are many legends around Pilatus, so this may refer to one of them. To the right are three sleeping soldiers (in chain mails), watched by an angel above them.