Church of San Pedro de los Francos | |
Native Name: | Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos |
Native Language: | es |
Coordinates: | 41.3531°N -1.6433°W |
Location: | Calatayud, Spain |
Designation1: | Spain |
Designation1 Offname: | Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos |
Designation1 Type: | Non-movable |
Designation1 Criteria: | Monument |
Designation1 Date: | 1875 |
Designation1 Number: | RI-51-0000013 |
The Church of San Pedro de los Francos (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos) is a church located on Via la Rua in Calatayud, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1875.
The church was founded by Alfonso I el Batallador, after the Reconquista of Calatayud, to thank his French mercenary troops. The church was built in the 14th-century over an earlier temple. It has a typical Mudéjar structure of 3 naves and apses.
The entrance portal is Gothic in style with a peaked arch flanked by standing sculptures of St Peter and Paul, while the lintel has some awkwardly seated Christ (center), the Virgin and St John, all sheltered by a ledge with architecture.
Inside the main gilded Retablo at the high altar has Baroque Solomonic columns, and was completed in 1654. Other chapels include a retablo with Renaissance style panels. The various chapels include a virgin in a grotto.
The adjacent ancient mudejar tower leans over the street.[1]