Sanz notes that recent archaeological situate Yuso the church among the first examples of Romanesque
The president of the Community of La Rioja, Pedro Sanz, visited today in San Millan de la Cogolla recent archaeological remains discovered in the church of the Assumption monastery Yuso and stressed "its historical significance, artistic and archaeological." In this regard, and according to archaeological studies carried out, the dimensions of the church, much larger than expected, and this temple regularly placed among the earliest examples of early Romanesque peninsula, "a great ancient Romanesque features similar to San Martín de Frómista, San Isidoro de León and the Cathedral of Jaca, "said Pedro Sanz. According to existing literature, the church was built between 1053 and 1067.
also noted that according to archaeological reports, the possibilities for knowledge and recreation of the Romanesque church of Yuso are many and "besides contributing to build our history and symbols, may have implications in the History of Art and become an interesting contribution to the History of Construction ", since it could reconstruct the process of the work of the foundations of a Romanesque church.
For this reason, Pedro Sanz was in favor of "giving value and meaning" of these findings, so that will analyze the different possibilities for integration of the excavations in the visit to the monasteries. This, besides being able to expose the public remains more significant, covered by a clear protective deck is now also possible to make a virtual reconstruction the Romanesque church and educational workshops on it, plus pictures and audio-visual projections. DESCRIPTION OF THE REMAINS
The archaeologist responsible for the project, Javier Garrido, said that the excavation and documentation developed in the south aisle have improved understanding of the location and layout of the Romanesque church, despite its destruction, as the network of impressive foundation remains under much of the church today and will 'simulate' form and elevation.
In fact, it has been proved that it was a church with three naves. The apse, discovered in the survey conducted in 2008 was the apse, where the ark was located the relics of San Millán. Similarly, an apse were discovered along this side of making very precise, where they had placed a few years later the remains of San Felices de Bilibio, hermit and master of San Millán. He has also appeared a third side apse identical, located partly outside the church today, under the floor of the cloister.
Moreover, the comparison between the apses shown as Javier Garrido explained that the church could belong to the golden ratio or 'gold number', which comes from ancient times and features some of the most important buildings of the early Romanesque , "to get exact proportions balanced and unified architecture, in which light arch, which delimited the apse, served as a basic unit.
The project archaeologist has also emphasized that the remains indicate that the medieval builders, faced with ground unstable and muddy, performed a powerful network of foundations to support and sew the pillars supporting the building. They were built with large stones, partly irregular stones in the head-have a maximum depth of 3 meters and a width of 2 and 2.50 meters and are directly embedded in the strata prehistoric (Bronze Age).
"We are very close to discovering the full stack trace of the primitive temple" said Javier Garrido, who announced, as a hypothesis, that the church would have at least one more leg to the foot and is likely to have an outstanding cruise.
also noted that the plant once known, can be reconstructed including the height and volume of the temple base, and to deepen the knowledge of the construction and evolution of standard and decorative elements, you can use the many pieces reused works and reinforcements from S. XVI, as the old church served as a quarry nearby. RESTORATION OF THE TEMPLE
The archaeological remains have been discovered during the restoration of the Church of the Assumption, began in November 2007 and completion is scheduled for November 2010.
These actions are complemented in the near future with the restoration of the refectory, which involves an investment of 500,000 euros, and the lighting of the Monastery, budgeted at 540,000 euros performance.
With these works, the total investment in Yuso and Suso Monasteries since its declaration as a World Heritage Site in 1997 exceeds 16 million euros, including actions taken to implement the International Research Centre of the English Language (CILENGUA).