St Peter's Church

St Peter's Church

A Baroque church dating from 1690, featuring a Latin cross plan, a dome supported by pendentives, and a high altarpiece with Solomonic columns and rich polyc...

Former convent of the Alcantarines. A Baroque church completed in 1690, witha Latin cross planfeaturing barrel vaults and a half-dome over the transept, supported by pendentives and featuring minimal plasterwork decoration. Thehigh altarpiece, created by the Sánchez de Rueda brothers, consists of a section divided into three sections by fourSolomonic columns; the central section leads to the niche housing a beautiful image of the Immaculate Conception by José de Mora, notable for its rich polychromy, with images of Saint Rose of Viterbo and Saint Rosalia on either side. In the attic there is a niche containing an image of Saint Peter from the early 16th century.