Church Of São Salvador De Ansiães

The Church of S. Salvador de Ansiães is a Romanesque temple made up of two bodies: nave and chancel, but its originality lies mainly in the "Pantacrator" tympanum of the main portal, whose iconography of "Christ in majesty" is the most complete example of Portuguese Romanesque. The same portal is flanked by a set of archivolts decorated with scenes of the apostolate. Inside, flanking the main portal, we see the figure of the lion, which here has an apotropaic function. Two side doors open onto the nave, with the north-facing door showing little decorative exuberance and the only noteworthy feature being the hollow cross that opens onto the tympanum. The south-facing door is stylistically richer, with its cairelate arch, capitals and imposts with a markedly geometric decoration.