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Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán de Villamalur

Villamalur, El Alto Mijares, Castellón

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Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán de Villamalur

Monument · Villamalur, El Alto Mijares, Castellón

Parish church in the historic centre of Villamalur, a village of Arab origin in the Sierra de Espadán (Castellón), founded by the Dominicans of Ayódar and dedicated to Santo Domingo de Guzmán, patron saint of the town. The 18th-century church, which belongs to the diocese of Segorbe-Castellón, has a single-nave plan with a barrel vault and four bays, with no transept but with side chapels, and a sober exterior distinguished by a slender bell tower. Inside, the town's patroness, the Virgen de los Desamparados, is also venerated; she additionally has a ceramic altarpiece at the fountain of Villamalur. The altarpiece of the church's high altar, for its part, is recent work, since the church lacked this element until 2012, when the Diputación de Castellón funded its construction.

Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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