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Ermita de la Santísima Trinidad(Xeresa)

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The Ermita de la Santísima Trinidad de Xeresa is also known as Ermita del Ravalet because it is located in the neighborhood of that name next to a small landscaped square that is formed between the end of the streets Ravalet de la Trinitat and Montdúver. This chapel was founded in 1880, and according to tradition was built with the work and contributions of the neighbors. Since then it has undergone several restorations and reforms. The most relevant of them took place in 1927, when, among other interventions, the belfry that crowns its façade was added. The temple and its belongings suffered important damages during the Civil War, being rehabilitated at the end of the conflict. Recently it has benefited from the restoration of some of its elements, being perfectly cared for and preserved. With its whitewashed facade facing east, towards the town, the hermitage is a graceful, small and simple temple in popular neoclassical style, built on a gentle slope that is saved at the entrance by three steps. It has a tile gable roof with pronounced eaves and a stone plinth runs along the facade and side walls. The door is linteled and above it there is a semicircular opening with a lattice window and, above it, a large wrought iron lantern.
The pediment -built in the 1927 renovation- rises above the roof, forming at the same time the belfry, which is decorated with a wrought iron cross and two vases at the corners.
The interior is rectangular, about 3 x 5 m approximately, single nave with ceramic mosaic floor and vaulted ceiling with fleurons resting on a cornice. Behind the altar occupies almost the entire front wall the polychrome neoclassical altarpiece with entablature supported by columns between which opens the niche for the image of the Holy Trinity. Lamps, flowers, lithographs and other imagery in modern carvings complete its decoration.

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