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Church of San Eutropio

El Espinar, Comunidad de Ciudad y Tierra de Segovia, Segovia

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Church of San Eutropio

Monument · El Espinar, Comunidad de Ciudad y Tierra de Segovia, Segovia

A temple originally Romanesque, from the 13th or 14th century, largely destroyed by a fire in 1452; its transept and apse were rebuilt in the 16th century, from 1565 onward, in late Gothic style under the design of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, and from 1572 Juan de Minjares remodelled the nave, raising it above the Romanesque buttresses and adding a gallery above them. The works were completed in the 17th and 18th centuries, by then in Baroque style, with the sacristy, the south doorway and the lesser altarpieces. The main altarpiece, of classical lines and Plateresque ornamentation, is the work of Francisco Giralte, with paintings by Alonso Sánchez Coello; also preserved is the sarga, a canvas 15 by 5 metres that covers the altarpiece during Holy Week with scenes of the Passion. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) on 5 May 1994.

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