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Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

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In 1997, this Church was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest by the Madrid Region’s Heritage Council in the Landmarks category.

This neoclassical church, built in the second half of the 18th century, is bright and spacious with a highly ornate interior. It features a nave with side chapels which are accessed through a semicircular arch and non-protruding transept. The nave is covered by a barrel vault with lunettes containing unglazed openings.

Inside, we can find paintings hanging around the vault of the central nave, the dome and pendentives of the church, which are the work of painter Ginés Andrés de Aguirre. The central nave is decorated with mural paintings in carved stucco frames depicting the passages of the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. It is also home to two paintings on copper by Morales and a Saint John the Evangelist attributed to Berruguete. Inside you will also find the oldest organ in the Madrid Region from the 17th century, which was destroyed in the Civil War.

The church houses a highly valuable monstrance from the 17th-century Arca School, in the style of the famous monstrance in Toledo Cathedral. It consists of three sections made of embossed and gilded silver, with malachite stones and silver inlay. The monstrance is taken out for the Easter Sunday procession to perform the meeting of the Blessed Sacrament with the Virgin Mary.

Surroundings of the neoclassical Church of the Assumption (18th century), with its imposing tower and neoclassical bell tower.

Logos funded by the European Union NextGeneration, the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, the Community of Madrid, ARACOVE, and Madrid Rural.

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