Founded in the mid 12th century by the Orden del Hospital (Order of the Hospice). On the outside it preserves a Romanesque apse with three narrow windows with columns and supports sculpted in the entrance door and on the roof of the apse there is a Gothic sculpture of the Virgin and Child.

Inside, the single nave has a pointed barrel vault in the presbytery, with a sculpture of the Cristo de la Zarza (Christ of the Thorn Bus), a Romanesque image of the 12th century, and a painted stone image of the Virgen de las Guindas (Virgin of the Cherries) of the late 15th century.

Historical Data

Architecture:
Religious architecture
Construction:
Church
Predominant styles:
Romanesque
Historical Period:
Middle Ages

Address

Pza. de San Juan Bautista, s/n. Salamanca. 37002 Salamanca.

More information

Oficina de Turismo of Salamanca

Address:

P/ Mayor, 32. Salamanca. 37002 Salamanca.

Teléfono: 902 302 002 / 923 218 342

Fax: 923 263 409

Email: informacion@turismodesalamanca.com

Página Web: http://www.salamanca.es

Opening hours

  • Every day: depending on worship service