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Church of Nuestra Señora del Don

Alfafar, L'Horta Sud, Valencia

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Church of Nuestra Señora del Don

Monument · Alfafar, L'Horta Sud, Valencia

A popular Valencian baroque church located on the Plaza Mayor of Alfafar, listed as an Asset of Local Relevance. It was rebuilt between 1736 and 1747 on an earlier building —about which little is known, though it may have been Gothic or a repurposed mosque—, and opened for worship in 1748. It houses the image of the Virgen del Don, which local legend says was found during the conquest, when King James I, camped on the lands of Alfafar, saw seven stars come down from the sky pointing to its hiding place and exclaimed in admiration, «oh, gran Do». Alfafar was the first parish centre of the Huerta Sur, also holding administrative and fiscal functions over neighbouring towns. The bell tower, with three tiers and a clock, and the dome over the crossing, complete a three-nave building.

Photo: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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