Campanario Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Sey - Valeria, Cuenca, España
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N 39° 48.771 W 002° 08.826
30S E 573001 N 4407333
Torre campanario de la Iglesia de La Sey.
Waymark Code: WM1AJ7K
Location: Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Date Posted: 08/25/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member rjmcdonough1
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Torre campanario de planta cuadrada y tres cuerpos, esta adosada a la iglesia y dispone de un portal de paso abierto, techo de tejas a cuatro aguas y vanos de arco de medio punto en cada lateral.

"La parroquia de la Virgen de la Sey, o de la Asunción, es una iglesia de estilo románico (siglos XII y XIII), hasta el ábside, siendo rematada posteriormente en estilo renacentista y barroco.

El espacio interior se compone de tres naves, la central de mayor altura, separadas entre sí por fábricas de mampostería, rota por una sucesión de cuatro arcos apuntados en cada lado. Entre ellos se encontraron recientemente empotrados en la propia fábrica, fustes y capiteles procedentes de la antigua y próxima fundación hispanorromana de Valeria, probablemente colocados allí como material de relleno.

Las tres naves, que terminan en ábside semicirculares, se cubren por artesonados, especialmente ricos en los cabeceros.
El solado antiguo se conserva en perfecto estado.
El volumen exterior refleja fielmente la disposición de los tres ábsides semicirculares.

Los contrafuertes están en relación con las arcadas, las tres naves y el cuerpo adosado de la sacristía.

Destaca, en el centro del lienzo exterior del piecero, la torre, cuadrada, de dos cuerpos interrumpidos por moldura, el último de ellos campanario con arcada a cada lado, que tiene en su base una puerta pasadizo.
Lateralmente, y adosada a la fábrica, portada bajo retejado entre contrafuertes de estilo renacentista y compuesta según arco de medio punto sobre pilastras y entablamento rematado con frontón, con figuras en bajorrelieve en las enjutas.

La fábrica es de mampostería, son sillares en esquinas, contrafuertes, zócalos y cuerpo superior de la torre.

Una parte sustancial de la misma se construyó por aportación de sillares, piezas, molduras etc., procedentes de los restos de las antiguas ruinas romanas de Valeria, lo cual, por poderse apreciar de inmediato, confiere a la iglesia una notoria originalidad y atractivo poco común".

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Bell tower with a square floor plan and three bodies, it is attached to the church and has an open passage portal, a hipped tile roof and semicircular arch openings on each side.

"The parish of the Virgin of the Sey, or of the Assumption, is a Romanesque style church (12th and 13th centuries), up to the apse, being later finished in Renaissance and Baroque style.

The interior space is made up of three naves, the central one being the tallest, separated from each other by masonry structures, broken by a succession of four pointed arches on each side. Among them, shafts and capitals from the ancient and nearby Hispano-Roman foundation of Valeria were recently found embedded in the factory itself, probably placed there as filling material.

The three naves, which end in a semicircular apse, are covered by coffered ceilings, especially rich in the headboards.
The old flooring is preserved in perfect condition.
The exterior volume faithfully reflects the arrangement of the three semicircular apses.

The buttresses are in relation to the arcades, the three naves and the attached body of the sacristy.

In the center of the outer canvas of the footboard, the square tower stands out, with two bodies interrupted by molding, the last of which is a bell tower with an arch on each side, which has a passage door at its base.
Laterally, and attached to the factory, a doorway under a roof between Renaissance-style buttresses and composed of a semicircular arch on pilasters and an entablature topped with a pediment, with figures in bas-relief in the spandrels.

The factory is made of masonry, there are ashlars in the corners, buttresses, plinths and upper body of the tower.

A substantial part of it was built by contributing ashlars, pieces, moldings, etc., from the remains of the ancient Roman ruins of Valeria, which, because it can be seen immediately, gives the church a notable originality and little appeal. common".

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Address of Tower:
Pl. Francisco Ruiz de Alarcón, 1,
Valeria, , Cuenca España
16216


Still Operational: yes

Number of bells in tower?: 4

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