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Santa María de Almocóvar Church (Alcantara)

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Location: Alcántara, Brozas, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

October 16, 2023

Some pieces of interest are preserved inside: the tomb of Commander Antonio Bravo of Jerez, made by Lucas Mitata; five panels by Luis de Morales; a Recumbent Christ, attributed to Martínez Montañés; a carving by Sebastián de Paz from 1639; the tomb of Master Yáñez de la Barbuda, and the font where San Pedro de Alcántara was baptized.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

October 16, 2023

Built on the mosque. For the origin of the name there are two theories; The first is that Almocóvar comes from "Al-Mocovara" which means the highest place, and the second is that its name would derive from "Al-Macâvir", the cemetery. After the conquest of the population, the mosque was adapted to Christian worship, but in 1281 the construction of a new temple began. The three portals of the original Romanesque temple are preserved, of which the main one constitutes one of the few examples of the Romanesque in Extremadura. Throughout the 16th century, some works were carried out; In 1542, the construction of a sacristy was completed, and towards the middle of the century, the master of the Order, Pedro de Ybarra, was commissioned to build a main chapel. Its current state is the result of the works carried out in the first third of the 17th century.

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Elevation 270 m

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Location: Alcántara, Brozas, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain

Santa María de Almocóvar Church (Alcantara)

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