San Vicente of Oviedo
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San Vicente de Oviedo is a church and monastery in Oviedo, Spain.
Founded November 25, 781 AD, by Máximo and Fromestano, the monestery was dedicated to Saint Vincent (in Spanish: Vicente), a Valencian deacon and martyr. It was the first construction in Oviedo, a city considered to have been founded by Máximo and Fromestano. The church was later transformed into a monastery following the Benedictine Rule, with twenty-six monks.
The style of the building is Romanesque, although reworked in the 11th and 12th centuries. Its cloister is an official National Historic and Artistic Monument.
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Coordinates: 43°21′46.23″N 5°50′33.46″W / 43.3628417°N 5.8426278°W
