The basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo: from royal Pantheon to double cathedral. Restitution Hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysis

The Basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo (now “Rey Casto” Chapel of the Cathedral), was the lower church of the "Double Cathedral" Oviedo. For historians, the purpose of this building was the royal pantheon, creating a formal architectural framework around the tombs of the kings of Asturias,...

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Main Author: Francisco José Borge Cordovilla
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Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2014-05-01
Series:Virtual Archaeology Review
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Online Access:http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4228
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description The Basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo (now “Rey Casto” Chapel of the Cathedral), was the lower church of the "Double Cathedral" Oviedo. For historians, the purpose of this building was the royal pantheon, creating a formal architectural framework around the tombs of the kings of Asturias, associated funerary cult in memory of the monarchs. This vision has been maintained, despite non-membership archeology shows the cemetery to the original draft of the building, which is deducted important morphological and functional changes in it. Analysis techniques based on computer graphics and numerical approach to serve the reasonable assumptions that allow the reconstruction of this building still missing.
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spelling doaj-art-ac897df800964c64aaea587a50bac37f2025-01-02T15:50:46ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaVirtual Archaeology Review1989-99472014-05-0151014715310.4995/var.2014.42283168The basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo: from royal Pantheon to double cathedral. Restitution Hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysisFrancisco José Borge Cordovilla0Junta de Castilla y LeónThe Basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo (now “Rey Casto” Chapel of the Cathedral), was the lower church of the "Double Cathedral" Oviedo. For historians, the purpose of this building was the royal pantheon, creating a formal architectural framework around the tombs of the kings of Asturias, associated funerary cult in memory of the monarchs. This vision has been maintained, despite non-membership archeology shows the cemetery to the original draft of the building, which is deducted important morphological and functional changes in it. Analysis techniques based on computer graphics and numerical approach to serve the reasonable assumptions that allow the reconstruction of this building still missing.http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4228Catedral doblePanteónReino de Asturias
spellingShingle Francisco José Borge Cordovilla
The basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo: from royal Pantheon to double cathedral. Restitution Hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysis
Virtual Archaeology Review
Catedral doble
Panteón
Reino de Asturias
title The basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo: from royal Pantheon to double cathedral. Restitution Hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysis
title_full The basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo: from royal Pantheon to double cathedral. Restitution Hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysis
title_fullStr The basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo: from royal Pantheon to double cathedral. Restitution Hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysis
title_full_unstemmed The basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo: from royal Pantheon to double cathedral. Restitution Hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysis
title_short The basilica of Santa Maria de Oviedo: from royal Pantheon to double cathedral. Restitution Hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysis
title_sort basilica of santa maria de oviedo from royal pantheon to double cathedral restitution hypothesis based on compositional and metrological analysis
topic Catedral doble
Panteón
Reino de Asturias
url http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4228
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