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cloister
Sudarium Christi
Volto Santo
Betrayal
San Pedro el Viejo
Judas
Flagellation
Huesca
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Veil of Veronica


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Huesca - San Pedro el Viejo

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.

Most of the capitals seen from this pov are "mint" and probably not even 150 years old. Here (from left) are Judas Kiss ("the Betrayal"), the Flagellation, and Veronica with the veil. The legend of the "Veil of Veronica" had reached the catholic church from
the east within the 12th century.

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