Unlike France, and for obvious reasons to seize their wealth during the ill-fated reign of King Philip the Fair, there is no census in Spain of the possessions that the mediatic Order of the Temple had in our country, except for that rather scarce documentation that establishes some donations obtained through military support provided in different kingdoms or through exchanges made, either with kings or with other similar orders, so that, on many occasions, there is no other choice but to put into practice that faith, which does not always move mountains, and to let oneself be seduced by legends and local traditions.
This occurs, possibly with more intensity than in other places, in that sovereign natural paradise, which is, without a doubt, the Principality of Asturias, where, if there were once documents that could confirm the assertions of the people, these, however, ended up wrapping buns and sweets in the markets of the pilgrimages, especially after that event, eminently chaotic for the Historical-Artistic Heritage of Spain, which was, without a doubt, the so-called Mendizábal Confiscation.
Based on these popular traditions, it has always been said that this small and enigmatic church, located in the vicinity of Pola de Siero and which responds to the curious name of Saint Stefan of Aramil or of the Knights, at some point in its long history, was a Templar church and in it one can curiously appreciate the presence, in the archivolts of one of its porticos, of some figures, the Norman birds, which, paradoxically, are also found in other Asturian Romanesque churches, whose authorship also oscillates the mysterious presence of the knights of such a fascinating and at the same time, unfortunate Order.
A diferencia de Francia y unos motivos obvios para hacerse con su riqueza durante el infausto reinado del rey Felipe el Hermoso, no existe en España un censo de las posesiones que la mediática Orden del Temple tuvo en nuestro país, salvo aquella documentación, más bien escasa, que establece algunas donaciones conseguidas por el apoyo militar prestado en diferentes reinos o por las permutas realizadas, bien con reyes o bien con otras órdenes similares, de manera, que, en numerosas ocasiones, no queda más remedio que poner en práctica esa fe, que no siempre mueve montañas y dejarse seducir por las leyendas y por las tradicionales locales.
Esto ocurre, posiblemente con más intensidad que en otros lugares, en ese soberano paraíso natural, que es, sin duda alguna, el Principado de Asturias, donde, si una vez hubo documentos que pudieran confirmar las aseveraciones del pueblo, estos, no obstante, terminaron envolviendo bollos y golosinas en los mercadillos de las romerías, sobre todo, después de ese suceso, eminentemente caótico para el Patrimonio Histórico-Artístico de España, que fue, sin duda alguna, la denominada Desamortización de Mendizábal.
Basado, pues, en esas tradiciones populares, siempre se ha dicho, de esta pequeña y enigmática iglesia, situada en las inmediaciones de la Pola de Siero y que responde al curioso nombre de San Esteban de Aramil o de los Caballeros, que, en algún momento de su longeva historia, fue de templarios y en ella se aprecia, curiosamente, la presencia, en las arquivoltas de uno de sus pórticos, la presencia de unas figuras, las aves normandas, que, paradójicamente, se localizan también en otras iglesias románicas asturianas, sobre cuya autoría, también oscila la misteriosa presencia de los caballeros de tan fascinante y a la vez, desgraciada Orden.
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AVISO: Tanto el texto, como las fotografías que lo acompañan, son de mi exclusiva propiedad intelectual y por lo tanto, están sujetos a mis Derechos de Autor.
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