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The castle and the church of Nuestra Señora del Castillo

Calatañazor, Tierras del Burgo, Soria

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The castle and the church of Nuestra Señora del Castillo

Monument · Calatañazor, Tierras del Burgo, Soria

Image of Calatañazor, not of the place itself.

Of the castle of Calatañazor (Soria) there remain the keep and several stretches of wall on the hill overlooking the village of cobbled streets and conical chimneys, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) since 1962. At its foot, the church of Nuestra Señora del Castillo was built between the 12th and 16th centuries, and so it mixes the original Romanesque fabric —of which the base, the portal and three archivolts with animal capitals survive— with later Gothic additions. Inside, a polychrome 18th-century altarpiece in Mannerist style stands out, placed opposite the apse beneath a Gothic vault, and it houses a small parish museum with paintings, pieces of goldwork and sculpture, and holdings from the town's historical archive.

Photo: Errodrigorena (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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