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Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles(Aras de los Olmos)

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Description

Building of the XVI century constructed on another building of previous date, reason why it presents parts belonging to diverse styles. It is a temple with a single nave, built with Gothic masonry and with chapels attached between the buttresses.

On the exterior, the building has two façades, one of Renaissance style, with Ionic semi-columns and a tripartite temple, and a Romanesque one, belonging to the oldest part of the building, with a more sober decoration. In addition, the bell tower stands out, approximately 30 meters high, which is formed by two bodies, one of masonry work and another of carved ashlar in the upper part, which houses eight semicircular openings that contain the bells that call to prayer, give the time, and formerly also served to give the warning in case of fire or war.

Inside, the church is richly decorated with sgraffito in gray and white tones distributed throughout the vaults and walls of the church. These sgraffiti present vegetal decorations, angels, fantastic animals, musical angels and, in addition, symbolic elements that make reference to popular religious traditions or elements of the local culture, like the two elm trees that are painted in the choir of the church, which show how for centuries there was a tradition of having an elm tree in the center of the town square.

In the church we can also find the images of various Saints, such as the paintings located on the sides of the altar representing St. Catherine of Siena and St. Catherine of Alexandria, the sculptures of Saints such as Our Lady of the Angels or Jesus Christ lying and also an interesting silver gothic cross of the tenth century.

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