Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario - Faraján, Málaga, España - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

Esta iglesia fue construida a principios del siglo dieciséis (en 1505), reformada en el siglo dieciocho y totalmente reconstruida a mediados de este siglo. Es de una sola nave con cubierta plana. En el lateral de la Epístola presenta bóveda de arista decorada con yeserías.

Lo único que sabemos de la primitiva iglesia de Faraján es que en la guerra contra los moriscos, a finales del siglo dieciséis, el capitán de las tropas reales Don Álvaro de Luna saqueó la iglesia desmontando los retablos del altar mayor y transportándolos a lomo de caballerías hasta su pueblo de Huétor-Tájar en Granada.

A finales de los siglos dieciséis (1581), diecisiete (1680) y dieciocho (1767) se produjeron diversos terremotos en Málaga y por esta zona, que causaron el derrumbe de una de las dos torres de la iglesia, llevándose a cabo la reestructuración de la misma, obra de gran envergadura y que pensamos fue la definitiva. Ello lo corrobora el hecho de que la puerta principal de la iglesia se haya actualmente en dirección noreste, mientras que en el lateral en dirección sureste se ve claramente el gran arco de medio punto de ladrillos nazaríes (actualmente blanqueados de cal) que sin duda sería la puerta de entrada principal original.

En el año 1933 según reza en una placa conmemorativa a la entrada de la Iglesia, el matrimonio formado por Don Antonio Federico de Sierra Ruiz, natural de Faraján y afincado en Málaga, juntamente con su esposa Doña Aurelia Guiara Picasso (prima hermana del famaso pintor Pablo Ruiz Picasso), costearon las obras de reconstrucción de dicha Iglesia. Entre lo reconstruido se encuentra una de la torre de la Iglesia de estilo mudéjar que lleva el nombre de Federiquito Sierra en recuerdo de este joven (hijo del matrimonio anterior) que murió con anterioridad en la peste y brote de tuberculosis de 1918. También adquirieron y donaron un terreno contiguo a la Iglesia para cementerio que ha estado en uso hasta el año 1974.

This church was built at the beginning of the sixteenth century (in 1505), reformed in the eighteenth century and completely rebuilt in the middle of this century. It is a single ship with a flat roof. On the side of the Epistle there is a groin vault decorated with plasterwork.

The only thing we know about the primitive church of Faraján is that in the war against the Moors, at the end of the sixteenth century, the captain of the royal troops Don Álvaro de Luna looted the church, disassembling the altarpieces of the main altar and transporting them on horseback. to his town of Huétor-Tájar in Granada.

At the end of the sixteenth (1581), seventeenth (1680) and eighteenth (1767) centuries, various earthquakes occurred in Malaga and in this area, which caused the collapse of one of the two towers of the church, carrying out the restructuring of the same, a work of great magnitude and that we thought was the definitive one. This is corroborated by the fact that the main door of the church is currently in a northeasterly direction, while on the southeasterly side you can clearly see the large semicircular arch made of Nasrid bricks (currently whitewashed with lime) that would undoubtedly be the original main entrance door.

In the year 1933, according to a commemorative plaque at the entrance to the Church, the couple formed by Don Antonio Federico de Sierra Ruiz, a native of Faraján and settled in Malaga, together with his wife Doña Aurelia Guiara Picasso (first cousin of the famous painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso), paid for the reconstruction works of said Church. Among what has been reconstructed is one of the tower of the Mudejar-style Church that bears the name of Federiquito Sierra in memory of this young man (son of the previous marriage) who died previously in the plague and tuberculosis outbreak of 1918. They also acquired and They donated a piece of land next to the Church for a cemetery that has been in use until 1974.

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Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1505 Age of Church building determined by?: Church website If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Católica If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 11:00 AM Street address of Church: Avenida Andalucía, 8 Faraján, Málaga España 29461 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed

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