Capilla Real de San Pedro de Alcántara

Today: Capilla Real de San Pedro de Alcántara, Arenas de San Pedro

Place: Arenas de San Pedro
Kind: Church
Built: 1757 to 1775
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

The chapel of the sanctuary that holds the remains of Saint Peter of Alcántara, about three kilometres from the town. The first chapel was built in 1616; the present one was begun on 10 July 1757 under the patronage of Carlos III, to a plan and model by Ventura Rodríguez, and was opened in 1775. It is octagonal and clad in marble, with Corinthian pilasters and a domed lantern; Francisco Sabatini did the ornament, and the saint's urn, of Cuenca marble, dates from 1772.

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