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Church of Santa Magdalena de Vilafranca

Vilafranca, Els Ports, Castellón

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Church of Santa Magdalena de Vilafranca

Monument · Vilafranca, Els Ports, Castellón

The church of Santa Magdalena de Vilafranca, in Renaissance style, was built between 1567 and 1572, well into the sixteenth century, on the site of the earlier temple, to a design by Pere Maseres completed by Ramón de Pertusa; it is one of the earliest expressions of the new Renaissance idiom in northern Valencia. In the following centuries the transagrario (1667-1670), the Chapel of the Communion (1725-1735) and, later still, in 1908-1911, the bell tower, the work of Francisco Tomás Traver, were added. Rectangular in plan, with four side chapels and an octagonal apse, its nave is covered by a ribbed vault with tiercerons, while the apse displays a star vault. Above the sacristy rises the crenellated tower known as de Conjurar, restored in 2007, and in 2008 the main façade was restored.

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