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Church of Santiago Apóstol de Villagarcía del Llano

Villagarcía del Llano, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

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Church of Santiago Apóstol de Villagarcía del Llano

Monument · Villagarcía del Llano, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

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The church of Santiago Apóstol is the parish church of Villagarcía del Llano, in the Manchuela Conquense. The previous building, on the same site, was in ruins in the mid-18th century, and the present reconstruction began around 1788, promoted by the local-born Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, archbishop of Mexico. It is a building of rubble masonry with ashlar at the corners, pilasters and towers; these are twin towers, of three tiers, with the belfry on the second and a hemispherical dome on the third. The doorway is rectangular, with flat lintels, and the interior has three naves, neoclassical cornices, barrel transverse arches and a basket-handle arch beneath the choir.

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