In the Year 1002, the monastery
of Suso suffered the fury of the legendary warrior Almanzor, who burnt part
of the buildings. |
The intervention of the monarch
did not stop at amplifying, but he also modified and restored the defects
the emilianense monastery had suffered between 984 and1030. The mozarabics
rebuilt it with plaster, mortar or stucco, the same as in Cordoba, Granada
and Toledo. They worked over the blackened visigothic arches and perfected
them, closing most of the projections of the horseshoe arches.
There are three dates of
architecture in the church at Suso proportioned like significant signposts
in the life of the primitive emilianense monastery:984 (consegration of
the church), 1002 (fire and destruction by Almanzor) and 1030 (amplification
and new consegration).
In this way, the passing of
time has left three different styles in Suso that correspond to three traditions:
visigothic (6th and 7th centuries), pre-romanic (10th century) and the mozarabic
(11th century). |
