Iglesia del Cristo del Valle

Today: Iglesia del Santísimo Cristo del Valle, San Carlos del Valle

Place: San Carlos del Valle
Kind: Church
Built: 1713 to 1729
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

The church built between 1713 and 1729 over the sanctuary of Santa Elena, where according to legend a stranger left a miraculous Christ in a straw loft, at one end of the main square. It is Baroque, on a Greek-cross plan with a large dome on an octagonal drum and four corner towers topped with Madrid-style spires. The façades are of exposed brick with stone pilasters and cornices, and the main one has an altarpiece-style portal with Tuscan and Solomonic columns.

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