Santa María de Estíbaliz Church

Declared a National Monument in 1931. The sanctuary is located 8 kms. away from Vitoria-Gazteiz.

It is a Romanesque church, with a Latin cross plan and single nave, large transept and three chapels in the sanctuary.The nave has three sections and is topped with a barrel vault.The sanctuary has three apses, the central one has joined, half-height columns and modern buttresses to support the walls of the straight section. The Southern facade is a Romanesque work of art.

The building has undergone several alterations, but despite this it is one of the most important Romanesque monuments in Alava.