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Hermitage of la Veracruz de Tembleque

Tembleque, La Mancha de Toledo, Toledo

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Hermitage of la Veracruz de Tembleque

Monument · Tembleque, La Mancha de Toledo, Toledo

The Ermita de la Veracruz in Tembleque, in the La Mancha de Toledo district, is a building of atypical, singular design: with a centralised floor plan resolved as an octagon crowned by a dome, an uncommon formula in the religious architecture of La Mancha. Its extreme sobriety and architectural purity date it to the second half of the 18th century. Its design draws on precedents such as the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and 12th-century Romanesque examples such as the churches of Eunate (Pamplona) and the Vera Cruz in Segovia. For many years it held the burial of a member of the illustrious Torres family. Restored by the Escuela Taller Tembleque III, it today houses the municipal library and archive.

Photo: Janso (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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