On the outskirts of the town of Ibieca is the majestic church of Sant Miguel de Foces (XIII), declared a National Monument, in an environment of great scenic beauty. Built on the initiative of Don Ximeno de Foces, lord of these lands in the 13th century, it must have formed part of a larger complex, made upo of a hospital and monastery, of which only a few remain.
The church was built as the pantheon of the Foces family. The main interest of the church of San Miguel de Foces is the union of the Cistercian spirit with the beginnings of the Gothic, as well as in its mural paintings, framed in the so-called linear Gothi
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On the outskirts of the town of Ibieca is the majestic church of Sant Miguel de Foces (XIII), declared a National Monument, in an environment of great scenic beauty. Built on the initiative of Don Ximeno de Foces, lord of these lands in the 13th century, it must have formed part of a larger complex, made upo of a hospital and monastery, of which only a few remain.
The church was built as the pantheon of the Foces family. The main interest of the church of San Miguel de Foces is the union of the Cistercian spirit with the beginnings of the Gothic, as well as in its mural paintings, framed in the so-called linear Gothic style, which stand out for the intensy colors and their expressiveness.
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