Arqueología y arquitectura de San Martiño de Mondoñedo (Foz, Lugo). Revisión crítica y nuevas aportaciones

Abstract

This paper aims to offer a critical and comparative review and analysis of the historical-artistic and archaeological information pertaining to San Martiño de Mondoñedo and to then provide some new information on the origins and evolution of this iconic building, which dates to the period between the early and central Middle Ages. In doing so, we have adopted an archaeological approach to the walls of the building and conducted luminescence and radiocarbon dating of samples from the dome. Contradicting traditionally held ideas, the preliminary results (which require confirmation in future studies), suggest that there is no evidence of the site having been settled in the 6th century and that the existing Romanesque building does not comprise standing sections of pre-Romanesque walls, though it does contain some reused pieces. Mortar from the dome has been dated, providing confirmation that it was built in the 12th century.