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Church of Santa Cruz
A parish church in the Santa Cruz district, in the old Jewish quarter, with a façade on Calle Mateos Gago and a second entrance from Plaza de la Escuela de Cristo. The church is the one built between 1665 and 1728 by the Clerics Regular Minor for their convent of the Espíritu Santo. The original parish of Santa Cruz, from 1391, where Murillo was buried in 1682, was closed during the French occupation and demolished, leaving today's Plaza de Santa Cruz; the parish moved here in 1840. The plan is a Latin cross with three naves and a dome over the crossing. The façade was left unfinished until Juan Talavera y Heredia completed it in the neo-Baroque style between 1926 and 1929. In the presbytery there is a neoclassical tempietto by Blas Molner (1792) housing the Virgen de la Paz. Notable are the Cristo de las Misericordias, from 1670 and attributed to Pedro Roldán, and the Chapel of Santa Ana, with an altarpiece by Bernardo Simón de Pineda gilded by Valdés Leal.
Add it to your trip on Wanloria →Things to do at Church of Santa Cruz: 4 missions
- Stroll through Plaza de Santa Cruz, on the site of the demolished churchWalk to Plaza de Santa Cruz, opened on the site of the original parish church where Murillo was buried.
- Look at the neo-Baroque façade on Mateos GagoFrom Calle Mateos Gago, look at the façade that Talavera y Heredia completed between 1926 and 1929.
- Find the Cristo de las MisericordiasIn the Gospel aisle, find the Cristo de las Misericordias, from 1670 and attributed to Pedro Roldán.
- Look at the neoclassical tempietto in the presbyteryTake a look at the tempietto by Blas Molner (1792), which replaced the original altarpiece and houses the Virgen de la Paz.
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How much time do you need for Church of Santa Cruz?
Allow about 30 min for the visit.