Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
Reference no.
312bis-003
Region
Europe and North America
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name: Ermita de Santa Cristina
Type
Non-movable
Criteria
Monument
Designated
24 August 1885
Reference no.
RI-51-0000050
St Christine of Lena (Spanish: Santa Cristina de Lena[pronunciation?]) is a Roman Catholic Asturian pre-Romanesque church located in the Lena municipality, about 25 km south of Oviedo, Spain, on an old Roman road that joined the lands of the plateau with Asturias.[1]
^Fergusson, James (1867). "Book VII: Spanish and Portugal". A history of architecture in all countries. Vol. 2. John Murray. pp. 123–124.
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