{"id":88533,"date":"2026-10-14T22:40:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/?post_type=contenido&#038;p=88533"},"modified":"2026-10-28T21:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:05:46","slug":"santa-marina-das-maronas-church","status":"publish","type":"contenido","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/post\/santa-marina-das-maronas-church","title":{"rendered":"Santa Mari\u00f1a das Maro\u00f1as Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santa Mari\u00f1a das Maro\u00f1as Church is one of the surviving <strong>Romanesque<\/strong> landmarks of the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/concellos\/mazaricos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">municipality of Mazaricos<\/a>, in the inland Costa da Morte. Its origins date to the <strong>twelfth century<\/strong>, although eighteenth-century alterations left the building with features from both periods. The church has a single rectangular nave and a square chancel. Its intimate scale and position within a rural settlement evoke the role parish churches played as gathering places for generations of local families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of its architectural interest lies in the medieval features that survived those changes. The <strong>triumphal arch<\/strong> between nave and chancel reflects the Romanesque tradition, while <strong>carved corbels<\/strong> can still be seen beneath the roofline. An earlier round-arched <strong>side doorway<\/strong>, now blocked, has also been documented. In the chancel, the <strong>Baroque altarpiece<\/strong> shows how a twelfth-century church could be enriched and adapted to the artistic tastes of later centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santa Mari\u00f1a lies in a part of Mazaricos crossed by the <strong>Camino de Santiago<\/strong> route towards Fisterra and Mux\u00eda, adding another layer of meaning to the visit. Surrounded by villages and farmland, it offers a chance to discover local heritage away from the busiest coastal destinations. Whether you are following the pilgrimage route or exploring the countryside by car, pause to examine its stone details: small traces of a history stretching back more than eight hundred years.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover Santa Mari\u00f1a das Maro\u00f1as Church and the religious heritage of Mazaricos on the Costa da Morte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40860,"template":"","concellos-contenido":[312],"categorias-contenido":[248],"class_list":["post-88533","contenido","type-contenido","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","concellos-contenido-mazaricos-en","categorias-contenido-arquitectura-religiosa-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido\/88533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/contenido"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"concellos-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concellos-contenido?post=88533"},{"taxonomy":"categorias-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorias-contenido?post=88533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}