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Church of San Pedro de los Francos

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Location
  
Calatayud, Spain

Criteria
  
Monument

Reference no.
  
RI-51-0000013

Type
  
Non-movable

Designated
  
1875

Church of San Pedro de los Francos

Address
  
Calle Rúa de Dato, 50300 Calatayud, Zaragoza, Spain

Similar
  
Colegiata del Santo Sepulcro, Colegiata de Santa Maria la, Iglesia de San Juan el Real, Museo de Calatayud, Ermita de San Roque

The Church of San Pedro de los Francos (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos) is a church located on Via la Rua in Calatayud, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1875.

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History

The church was founded by Alfonso I el Batallador, after the Reconquista of Calatayud, to thank his French mercenary troops. The church was built in the 14th-century over an earlier temple. It has a typical Mudéjar structure of 3 naves and apses.

Art and Architecture

The entrance portal is Gothic in style with a peaked arch flanked by standing sculptures of St Peter and Paul, while the lintel has some awkwardly seated Christ (center), the Virgin and St John, all sheltered by a ledge with architecture.

Inside the main gilded Retablo at the high altar has Baroque Solomonic columns, and was completed in 1654. Other chapels include a retablo with Renaissance style panels. The various chapels include a virgin in a grotto.

The adjacent ancient mudejar tower leans over the street.

References

Church of San Pedro de los Francos Wikipedia