Point Cloud-Mediveal Hermitage of Alarcos, Spain

Description

The medieval hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Alarcos is located 10 kilometers from Ciudad Real (Spain) in the Archaeological Park of Alarcos. Possibly it was built between the 13th and 14th centuries on top of the Alarcos hill, next to the Guadiana river. This place had previously been an important Iberian fortified (oppida) town. During the Middle Ages a castle was built and an attempt was made to build a walled city that was never completed. The hermitage has three naves and two chapels. The naves are separated from each other by ten limestone pillars that support eight pointed arches characteristic of Gothic art. The capitals of the pillars are decorated with leaves and with representations of human heads. Outside there is a large rose window decorated with six-petal flowers that illuminates the interior of the building.