Santuario de la Virgen de Gracia - Caudete, Albacete, España
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N 38° 42.014 W 000° 58.355
30S E 676304 N 4285462
Santuario de la Virgen de Gracia: Se construyó entre 1741 y 1792 en estilo barroco levantino sobre una ermita gótica anterior. Según la tradición local, en este lugar se levantó un monasterio benedictino de época visigoda.
Waymark Code: WM1A77E
Location: Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Date Posted: 07/01/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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"Santuario de la Virgen de Gracia: Se construyó entre 1741 y 1792 en estilo barroco levantino sobre una ermita gótica anterior. Según la tradición local, en este lugar se levantó un monasterio benedictino de época visigoda del cual no han aparecido restos. Posee un retablo al óleo de Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez Clement y grandes pinturas murales de José Pérezgil, destacando especialmente el pavimento cerámico del camarín revestido con azulejería valenciana del siglo xviii, así como su esbelta cúpula de linterna. Los frescos neogóticos de la fachada datan de 1907 y se deben a Agustín Espí".

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"Sanctuary of the Virgin of Gracia: It was built between 1741 and 1792 in Levantine baroque style on a previous Gothic hermitage. According to local tradition, a Benedictine monastery from the Visigoth period was built in this place, of which no remains have been found. It has an altarpiece oil painting by Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez Clement and large mural paintings by José Pérezgil, especially highlighting the ceramic floor of the dressing room covered with 18th century Valencian tiles, as well as its slender lantern dome. The neo-Gothic frescoes on the façade date from 1907 and are due. to Agustín Espí".


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Group that erected the marker: Unión Europea, Gobierno de España, Junta de comunidad Catilla-La Mancha

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Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Caudete,
Albacete, Albacete España
02660


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