Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad - Castellón, España
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N 39° 59.048 W 000° 02.557
30S E 752519 N 4430186
Templo de finales del Siglo XIX.
Waymark Code: WM1A264
Location: Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Date Posted: 06/05/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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Temple from the end of the 19th century.
The temple has the status of Asset of Local Relevance according to the Fifth Additional Provision of Law 5/2007, of February 9, of the Generalitat, modifying Law 4/1998, of June 11, of the Valencian Cultural Heritage ( DOCV No. 5,449 / 02/13/2007).

It has a square bell tower with 4 bells.

Press clipping from January 24, 2015:
"Among the achievements as an architect that Manuel Montesinos lovingly distributed in Castellón and in various places in the province, there is the singularity of the beautiful church of the Trinity, which one day in these hundred years of age, marks its first centenary.

The church of the Holy Trinity, one hundred years old, is an example of someone who deserved the title of historicist architect, that is, someone who can explain human works and achievements from a historical perspective. Everyone knows how decisive Don Juan Cardona Vives, curiously two hundred years old now, was in those and other works. The first stone was laid in 1894, when the Cardona family had already committed to financing it. Located in a dryland area on the outer limits of the city, not far from where Castellón was also able to enjoy the Provincial Hospital and the bullring itself, works also directed by Montesinos, as well as the grandiose Pious Schools. The execution of the church lasted twenty-one years and the pontifical blessing took place on January 27, 1916.

From the beginning it was talked about in an admiring way and with definitions of its style: Gothic, Byzantine, undoubtedly Romanesque. The main façade has always dressed up the Plaza de las Escuelas Pías and there is another entrance door to the temple on Menéndez y Pelayo street. Its bell tower, airy and elegant, and the rose window on the façade, are elements that have endured over time in the admiration of the people of Castellón; especially those who have it as their parish church: births and baptisms, weddings,..."

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Type of Church: Church

Status of Building: Actively in use for worship

Date of building construction: 01/01/1894

Dominant Architectural Style: Gótico

Diocese: Castellón

Address/Location:
Carrer de Menéndez Y Pelayo, 3, 12002 Castelló de la Plana, Castelló
Castellón, España
12002


Relvant Web Site: [Web Link]

Date of organization: Not listed

Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed

Archdiocese: Not listed

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