Building Name: | Iglesia de San Juan de Ávila |
Location: | Alcalá de Henares, |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Status: | Parish church |
Architect: | Eladio Dieste |
Architecture Type: | Church |
The Church of Saint John of Ávila (Spanish; Castilian: '''Iglesia de San Juan de Ávila''') is a Roman Catholic parish church located in a modern neighbourhood of Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
The current temple was built in brickwork by Uruguayan engineer-architect Eladio Dieste; the dimensions of walls and roofs are very slim, thanks to reinforced ceramics.[1] [2]
It is dedicated to saint John of Ávila.[3]
It is interesting to point out that, originally, this church was going to be built in Uruguay (Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malvín); as the economic situation made this impossible, only the apse was built.[4]