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Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Santa Cruz de Mudela

Santa Cruz de Mudela, Sierra Morena, Ciudad Real

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Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Santa Cruz de Mudela

Monument · Santa Cruz de Mudela, Sierra Morena, Ciudad Real

The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is the parish church of Santa Cruz de Mudela (Ciudad Real), on Avenida de Pío XII, dating from the 16th century, in late Gothic style with Renaissance elements, built between 1474 and 1536. It has a basilical plan with three naves and side chapels opened later, a three-sided polygonal apse and polygonal head, with a tower and choir at the foot; it is built of local stone masonry with ashlar at the cornices, edges and arches. The central nave, twelve metres wide, is covered with ribbed vaults over six central pillars arranged in a Greek cross. The chapels of Santa Catalina and San José, from 1665, and those of Jesús and Nuestra Señora del Rosario, from 1662, were added beside the main altar. It has three entrances with Renaissance portals, the main one framed in a simple arcade.

Photo: Carlos Cuerda (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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