Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Saint Gilles

In the 7th/8th century, the area was reconquered from the hands of the Moors by the kings of Asturias. A castle was built in 884 on the orders of King Alfonso III. Burgos became the coronation city of the kings of Castile in the 11th century, which underlines its special importance. After the conquest of Toledo by Alfonso VI. (1085). The city became the see of a Diocese and was a major stop for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. Burgos lost its importance a little, but the city remained an important economic, cultural, and political center in northern Spain. The Convento de San Pablo was a Dominican monastery founded in 1224 that existed until 1835. The first phase of the church was built in the 13th century, but it was not until the 15th and 16th centuries, when the city was in its prime, that the second and final reconstruction was carried out. The austerity of its appearance is due to its incorporation into the city walls

The former collegiate church Saint-Aignan was built from the early 11th to the early 13th century, so there is a transition from Romanesque to early Gothic style. The church replaced a chapel from the 9th century and was a center of pilgrimage, as the relics of Saint Aignan of Orlean (+ 453) were venerated here. The church was ruined for a long time and got renovated and restored during the 19th century. During the renovation of the nave at least some parts got recreated. Fortunately the ambulatory crypt, the oldest part of the collegiate church Saint-Aignan, got not renovated like the nave. It stayed pretty much intact and has frescoes dating back to the 12th and 13th century. This fresco in one of the radiating chapels of the crypt is probably from the 12th century and so about a century older than the fresco of the large chapel (previous upload). I could not read the inscription but found information, claiming that depicted here are scenes from the life of Saint Gilles, a popular saint in medieval times. His relics let many pilgrims walk to the Abbey of Saint-Gilles near Arles.