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Church of San Juan Evangelista



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  • Municipality: EL VALLE - Melegís
  • Type of Equity: Churches
  • Description: The church of Melegís was built in the 16th century by the bricklayer Bartolomé Villegas.


INFORMATION


The church was later restored after the fire it suffered during the rebellion of the Moors. At the end of the 16th century, Alonso López Zamudio made the armor again, surely simpler than the previous one, leaving as testimony of this restoration the shields of Archbishop Pedro de Castro on the front wall of the main altar. Subsequently, some dependencies have been added to the left side.
 
The church clearly presents the confluence of traditional experiences in the Granada Renaissance. It has a long rectangular nave with a high altar. Its first armor must have been sumptuous, made by the good master builder Francisco Hernández, replaced by the current one  with Mohamares at the head (a rare event) and with nine double braces. The walls are made of brick and a masonry drawer, except for the corners and the cornice, which are made of ashlar. The covers, one at the foot and another on the right side, are simple stonework, with simple frames molded to six more essential schemes. The fittings were made by Gabriel de Gozón. The tower rises to the right of the apse, with three bodies plus that of the bells, whose openings have spandrels with tiles, made by Francisco Fernández. It has some Baroque altarpieces. The most interesting is main altarpiece, made during the first half of the 18th century with decoration of stipes and all gold.

Coordinates: 36.9354421,-3.5728089

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