THE PALATINE CHURCH

The most important temple in Reccopolis, situated on the eastern side of the main plaza, had a cruciform floor plan inscribed within a rectangle, and a baptistery room in its northwest corner.

The quality of its ashlar stonework, its pavements similar to those of the palace, and the variety of its decorative elements (capitals, bases, chancel screens, sarcophagus fragments…) give an idea of the importance of this construction.

Drawing of the floor plan of the Visigothic basilica, which shows a narthex, the baptistery, the central nave and the apse.
Narthex
Baptistery
Central Building
Apse
Reconstruction of the limestone gate with the fragments found in the 1945 excavation.
Reconstruction of the limestone canopy with the fragments found in the 1945 excavation.
3D reconstruction of the Visigothic basilica of Reccopolis.
3D reconstruction of the Visigothic basilica of Reccopolis.

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