Countries<Spain<Comunidad Valenciana<Ayora< Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Ayora

Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Ayora(Ayora)

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Built mostly between 1508 and 1739, it is a compendium of Valencian architecture during the years of its construction. The nave of the church covered by the today hidden ribbed vault, of Gothic tradition but with Renaissance influence in the molding of the profiles and arches. The main doorway is a beautiful example of blacksmithing, rare in Valencian architecture. The bell tower has a curious dome made in the Roman style and the communion chapel is an excellent example of Baroque architecture, with its falsely moved floor plan and elliptical dome, following schemes that try to go beyond the regional scope.

Apart from the interesting tilework that is preserved both in the pavement of the communion chapel (XVIII century), as in the sacristy (XVI-XVII centuries) probably from the old choir located in the center of the church, and despite the losses.

The church itself has a single nave, its chancel facing south, with an octagonal apse. It is divided into five bays and has chapels between the buttresses.

The nave is 42 meters long, 13 meters wide and 23.6 meters high. It is formed by five sections, to which the area of the presbytery must be added. The lateral chapels between the buttresses are separated by pilasters with Corinthian capitals, on which sits a powerful crest from which the ribs of the vaults start.

In its interior it conserves splendid panels by Yáñez de Almedina, a painter trained in Venice by the disciples of Leonardo da Vinci. We also find oil paintings, highlighting the Guardian Angel of Ayora, the author Vicente Lopez and the Gothic altarpiece with painted panels of the Valencian School of the sixteenth century related to the circle of the master Cabanillas.

The main facade, located at the foot, is built entirely in ashlar. It is organized by means of a large niche, an extension to the exterior of the nave of the church.

The walls of the church are of masonry taken with lime mortar, formed by means of large roughed and squared masonry. It has ashlar keystones in corners, buttresses and windows.

The rectangular sacristy is covered with a half-barrel vault with lunettes. It is accessed through the chancel and the communion chapel.

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