Olite - Iglesia de San Pedro

A settlement may have existed here during Roman times, later the Visigoths "refounded" the place. In 1147 Olite was given a "Fuero de los francos de Estella". Obviously the Franks, that had settled in Estella (40kms northwest) to kick-start the pilgrim-business, had the jurisdication right here. The church of San Pedro is the oldest in town. Though altered and rebuilt many times , the facade still has some interesting Romanesque details.

There is a very long and very weathered frieze running over the facade. Here is a detail from that frieze.
I do know, that Saint Jerome (aka "Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus"), one of the Church Fathers, can often be seen with a tamed lion. But here somebody is riding a lion...