Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol - Castillo de Locubín
Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol
The church was built to replace an old medieval temple, somewhere between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, coinciding with a significant population growth at the time and taking into account the artistic trends of that time. The lengthy construction time could have been due to the financial constraints of such a major project. It was originally a church with a single nave, divided into three sections, covered with a half-barrel vault with lunettes, with circular porthole windows, whose transverse arches rest on boxed pilasters, with small niche chapels on both sides. It has two entrances; the main one at the foot of the nave is believed to be the work of Juan de Aranda y Salazar and is made up of a semicircular hole punctuated by Doric columns with fluted shafts on a pedestal and entablature with cased frieze. The side portal, attributed to Ginés Martín de Aranda, has a semicircular arch on imposts, flanked by pilasters with triglyph capitals, finished off with a straight pediment and ball pinnacles. Declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1983.
Location
Located on Calle Blas Infante.