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Church of Santa María la Mayor de Tamarite

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Church of Santa María la Mayor de Tamarite

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Church of Santa María la Mayor de Tamarite

A Romanesque church with elements transitional to Gothic, probably built in the second half of the 12th century, when Alfonso II granted Tamarite de Litera the charter of Zaragoza to repopulate it. It has a basilical plan with three naves covered by pointed barrel vaults and a transept with three apses, above which rises an eight-windowed Gothic lantern with pointed lights; at its feet stands the bell tower. The south façade preserves a Romanesque doorway with a tympanum depicting two angels holding up a chrismon, above which a Renaissance pediment was added. The main altarpiece, commissioned in 1500 from Miguel and Juan Ximénez, was lost during the Civil War, except for the panel of San Miguel, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The church was restored between 1992 and 2009.

Photo: Manuel Portero (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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