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Old Church of Yecla

Yecla, Altiplano, Murcia

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Old Church of Yecla

Monument · Yecla, Altiplano, Murcia

A Gothic-Renaissance church built for the most part in 1512 and consecrated in 1540, with a 35-metre tower divided into four sections. Burned and looted in 1936, now deconsecrated, it functions as a cultural space and museum. It was also known as the church or rectory of the Salvador, and, unlike what is usual in long-built churches, work began with the nave rather than the apse, where the main altar and sacristy were normally located. Its Renaissance tower was modelled on that of the archpriestal Church of Santiago in Villena. Looted and burned on 16 March 1936, it remained in ruins until, in the mid-1980s, the Diocese of Cartagena transferred its ownership for a limited time to the Yecla town council, which undertook a major restoration.

Photo: Unknown author (Public domain)

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