Coffered ceilings and altarpieces
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- Salamanca province
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The province of Salamanca boasts authentic treasures, many of which are hidden away in its churches, chapels and convents. Indeed, behind the seemingly austere and even simple façades lie reredos of exceptional beauty and magnificent coffered ceilings that will amaze visitors.
This route includes the following sites of interest: the Church of Nuestra Señora del Castillo Macotera, the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cantaracillo, the Parish Church of San Pedro Apóstol in Cantalpino, the Parish Church of San Pedro in Villoria, the Church of Rágama, the Church of Zorita de la Frontera, the Church of Tordillos, the Parish Museum of the Church of San Juan in Alba de Tormes, the Church of Santiago de la Puebla in La Puebla, the Church of San Juan Bautista in Fuenteguinaldo, the Church of La Santa Cruz in Palencia de Negrilla, the Church of San Silvestre in Villares de la Reina and the Church of San Cornelio and San Cipriano in Villaverde de Guareña.
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What to see?
Basilica Teresiana (Alba de Tormes)More informationThis church, started in 1898 and left unfinished, is gothic and devoted to the patron saint. It has a latin cross ground plan with three naves, a transept and chapels with stained-glass windows.
Church of the Anunciacion / MM. Carmelitas descalzas / Sepulcher of Sta. TeresaMore informationde las Carmelitas Descalzas (Discalced Carmelites) was founded in 1571 by the Madre Teresa de Jesús, who died here on October 4th, 1582. she was buried in the choir under the church.Next to the convent...
Church of San JuanMore informationTriple Mudejar Romanesque apse. Three naves separated by 15th-century pillars. It houses a museum of religious art.Was built in the late 12th and early 13th century, preserving its original ground plan...
Church of Santiago (Alba de Tormes)More informationTemple of the second third of the 12th century, of small proportions and a single nave, originally Romanesque-Mudejar, it is the oldest in the town, mentioned in the forum as a meeting place for the council....
Church of the Conven of Las Madres Isabeles (Alba de Tormes)More informationOnce again, Alba de Tormes surprises us with this magnificent building highlighted for its church. A convent founded by the Tercera Orden de San Francisco, giving it the name of Isabeles, its principal...
Convent of San Juan de la CruzMore informationThe Convent of San Juan de la Cruz was completed in 1692. It is the first church and the first convent in the world dedicated to this saint and its entire structure and distribution, in convent and church,...
Monastery of San Leonardo / Seminar of San JeronimoMore informationKnown as ‘San Jerónimo’, it was founded in the 12th century by Premostratense monks with the help of Alfonso VII de Castilla in 1154.In its beginning it was for monks and nuns as according to the Premostratense...
Parish Church of San Pedro Apostol (Cantalpino)More informationThe Church, raised in well-carved sandstone masonry and numerous stonework marks, draws a rectangle where its three naves and the transept enter. The naves, from the 16th century, are covered by a wooden...
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion (Cantaracillo)More informationReformed in the 16th century, it conserves an apse from the late 12th or early 13th century in the Mudejar style.This central apse, in brick, shows an unusual polygonal plan and is decorated in three horizontal...