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Basílica de San Jaime Apóstol(Algemesí)

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The church has a rectangular floor plan with a single nave with chapels, between small buttresses, communicating with each other. It is divided into five sections covered with ribbed vaults and has a five-sided polygonal chevet covered with a star-shaped vault. Access to the church is from the Gospel side. At the foot of the church, and perpendicular to its axis, is the Communion Chapel. It seems to have been the primitive church for which the painter Gonzalo Pérez was contracted in 1423. This chapel is connected to the church by three arches that open on the Gospel side. It has undergone different interventions over time.

At the beginning of the 18th century, Baroque panelling was added; at the end of the same century, new interventions were carried out on the Neoclassical decorative elements. It is worth mentioning the Renaissance façade of the church with a first section that follows the scheme of a triumphal arch with paired columns between which niches are placed.
The second section has three niches between Corinthian columns with fluted shafts and crowned by a curved pediment. The coat of arms of the town can be found on the upper part of the façade. The bell tower is located above the entrance. It is built on the buttresses that flank the doorway and on which the flush arch above it rests. Built in 1703, the top of the tower has decorative elements that appear to be later. The exterior is made of masonry, ashlar, ashlar and brick.

It is said that this basilica supports its bell tower without pillars. This is what makes it really special. A slight inclination is perceptible nowadays.

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