Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción - Castalla, Valencia, España - Renaissance Architecture on Waymarking.com

"Es una iglesia de nave única divida en cinco tramos con capillas laterales entre contrafuertes y cabecera poligonal ochavada. La cubierta combina las bóvedas de crucería y estrellada.
Es una iglesia de nave única divida en cinco tramos con capillas laterales entre contrafuertes y cabecera poligonal ochavada. La cubierta es de bóvedas de crucería en la nave y las capillas, mientras que en la cabecera la bóveda es estrellada. El material utilizado es piedra, incluso las bóvedas . Este uso de la piedra es de tradición medieval, mientras que algunos elementos interiores son renacentistas, caso de las semicolumnas dóricas sobre las que apoyan las bóvedas.

En el exterior no son visibles los contrafuertes debido a la lonja que forma la fachada lateral. Destaca la fachada principal por su situación en la trama urbana, ya que centra el carrer Major que confluye con la plaça de l'Església, en la que se encuentra el templo. La potente torre campanario de cuatro cuerpos prismáticos diferenciados por una moldura, el cuerpo superior alberga las campanas. La fachada principal es de muro liso donde sobresale la portada manierista de una decoración muy comedida, con un frontón partido y entrantes y salientes. En la parte superior hay un óculo.

En esta iglesia se ve claramente como no hubo un cambio brusco entre los diferentes estilos (gótico y renacentista), sino que muchas veces hay un relación entre los mismos."

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"It is a church with a single nave divided into five sections with side chapels between buttresses and an octagonal polygonal head. The roof combines ribbed and star vaults.
It is a church with a single nave divided into five sections with side chapels between buttresses and an octagonal polygonal apse. The roof is ribbed vaults in the nave and the chapels, while in the head the vault is star-shaped. The material used is stone, including the vaults. This use of stone is of medieval tradition, while some interior elements are Renaissance, such as the Doric semi-columns on which the vaults rest.

On the outside the buttresses are not visible due to the market that forms the lateral façade. The main façade stands out for its location in the urban fabric, since it centers the Carrer Major that converges with the Plaça de l'Església, where the temple is located. The powerful bell tower with four prismatic bodies differentiated by a moulding, the upper body houses the bells. The main façade has a smooth wall where the Mannerist doorway stands out, with a very restrained decoration, with a split pediment and incoming and outgoing windows. At the top is an oculus.

In this church it is clearly seen how there was no sudden change between the different styles (Gothic and Renaissance), but rather there is often a relationship between them."

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Date of origin:: 1562 Style: High Renaissance (ca. 1500–1550) Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link] Type of building (structure): Large religious building (church, monastery, synagogue...) Address: Plaza de la Iglesia, 5, 03420 Castalla Alicante Architect(s): Not listed

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