Not generally open to the public, but no matter…what makes this church interesting is the delineation of its architecture. On the semi-circular apse, you can clearly see the line where the builders in the mid-13th century switched from Romanesque grey stone to terracotta brick and finished the church in Mudéjar style – making this one of the earliest examples of Mudéjar architecture in Aragón.
Iglesia de San Juan
Aragón
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Centro de Interpretación Laguna de Gallocanta
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1. Basílica de Santa María de los Sagrados Corporales
0.08 MILES
Pretty Plaza de España is dominated by this ornate Romanesque-Gothic-Mudéjar-Renaissance church, which boasts a stately interior with towering columns and…
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4. Centro de Interpretación Laguna de Gallocanta
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