Ermita de la Candelaria - Colmenar, Andalucía, Málaga, España
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N 36° 54.183 W 004° 19.967
30S E 381260 N 4084946
La ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria es un templo cristiano situado en el municipio de Colmenar (en la provincia de Málaga, España).
Waymark Code: WM18T7R
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 09/22/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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"La ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria es un templo cristiano situado en el municipio de Colmenar (en la provincia de Málaga, España), declarado Bien de Interés Cultural en 1996. Se trata de una edificación de estilo barroco, construida durante los siglos XVII y XVIII, de autor desconocido.
La Virgen de Candelaria es la Patrona de Canarias, según la tradición la ermita fue levantada en una zona elevada como muestra de gratitud a unos marinos canarios que se salvaron milagrosamente de morir durante una tormenta en las costas malagueñas.
La ermita está situada en la parte más alta de la población. El templo, que ha sufrido diversas reformas a lo largo de su historia, se compone de una sola nave con presbiterio y camarín. La nave, de planta rectangular, termina en un gran arco triunfal de medio punto que da paso a un presbiterio elevado. Sobre éste se eleva un cimborrio octogonal, en el espacio que albergaba una interesante cúpula, hoy desaparecida.

El camarín, situado tras el presbiterio, es una obra de 1719. Este es una estancia de planta cuadrada, que se cubre con una bóveda semiesférica sobre pechinas con profusa decoración barroca.

Por lo que respecta al exterior del inmueble, ha de destacarse la fachada que se dispone sobre el hastial de la ermita. En su cuerpo bajo, un vano de medio punto entre pilastras toscanas, sirve de acceso al templo. Sobre éste aparece un cornisa mixtilínea, que da paso a la espadaña. En ella se abren tres vanos coronados por una sinuosa moldura y una placa pentagonal."


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"The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria is a Christian temple located in the municipality of Colmenar (in the province of Málaga, Spain), declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 1996. It is a baroque style building, built during the centuries XVII and XVIII, of unknown author.
The Virgin of Candelaria is the Patroness of the Canary Islands. According to tradition, the hermitage was built in an elevated area as a sign of gratitude to some Canarian sailors who were miraculously saved from dying during a storm on the coast of Malaga.
The hermitage is located in the highest part of the town. The temple, which has undergone various renovations throughout its history, is made up of a single nave with a presbytery and a dressing room. The nave, with a rectangular plan, ends in a large semicircular triumphal arch that gives way to an elevated presbytery. Above it rises an octagonal dome, in the space that housed an interesting dome, now missing.

The dressing room, located behind the presbytery, is a work from 1719. This is a room with a square floor plan, which is covered with a hemispherical vault on pendentives with profuse baroque decoration.

Regarding the exterior of the property, the façade that is arranged on the gable end of the hermitage must be highlighted. In its lower body, a semicircular opening between Tuscan pilasters serves as access to the temple. Above this appears a mixtilinear cornice, which gives way to the belfry. There are three openings crowned by a sinuous molding and a pentagonal plate."

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Group that erected the marker: Ayuntamiento de Colmenar

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
C. Cam. de Solano, 2,
Colmenar, Málaga España
29170


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