Tower and apse of the church of La Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Terrer
Plaza Bajo el Olmo, 1, 50293 Terrer, Zaragoza
CURRENT PROTECTION CATEGORY: BIC
TYPE OF PROPERTY: Real estate
CATEGORY: Religious
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mudejar and Baroque
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION:
The construction of the church dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries. The Mudejar tower has been dated ca. 1400.
In the 18th century , the church underwent a Baroque renovation, as well as the enlargement of the bell tower and the construction of the spire of the tower.
The result of a profound transformation in the Baroque period, only the tower and part of the polygonal apse remain of the original Mudejar-style construction, which has arches in the Islamic tradition and a decoration of scribblework with a theme related to that of the churches of Tobed, Cervera de la Cañada and Torralba de Ribota.
The tower, dating from the beginning of the 15th century, is attached to the south side of the chancel of the current parish church. Sturdy and ornate, it rises next to the water of the irrigation channels and between fields of crops. We could be talking about possible patronage links with Benedict XIII, Pope Luna.
It has a square floor plan. Inside, it is divided into two superimposed bodies; the lower one has a Hispano-Muslim structure, with a central buttress enveloped by the external tower. The upper one, hollow, was designed to house the bell tower. It is topped by a spire with a mixed profile from the Baroque period.
On the outside, the lower body concentrates all the brick ornamentation in highlighting , lacking only the applied ceramics (in this case there was , as we know from the documentation), it was domestic crockery reused, in this case, for ornamentation.
Interventions
Restoration, 20th Century to 21st Century
Projects and interventions
Projects and interventions and their promoters define the history of monumental buildings as well as the perception of them.
The downloadable document presents the current status of the files under review, which will allow us to update our knowledge of each of the monumental buildings.
Declarations
Declaration, 21st Century
On 14 December 2001, the 25th Official Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Helsinki (Finland), agreed to recognise and declare the Mudejar architecture of Aragon a World Heritage Site.
On 14 August 2002, the Official Gazette of Aragon published the Order of 22 July 2002, of the Department of Culture and Tourism, declaring the Tower and apse of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady of Terrer, in the province of Zaragoza, to be a listed asset of Aragonese Cultural Heritage.
Bibliography
BORRÁS GUALIS, G.M. Arte Mudéjar Aragonés, CAMPZAR and Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Técnicos y Aparejadores de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 1985.
SANMIGUEL MATEO, A. Towers of Islamic descent in the regions of Calatayud and Daroca. Aragón (Spain). Estructuras, decoración y relaciones con otras torres islámicas de Oriente y Occidente, Centro de Estudios Bilibilitanos (Institución Fernando el Católico), Calatayud, 1998, pp. 292-295.
SANMIGUEL MATEO, AGUSTÍN. “El arte mudéjar”, in Comarca de la Comunidad de Calatayud, Colección Territorio 20, Zaragoza, 2005.
TRASOBARES RUIZ, VICTORIA E., RUIZ BAZÁN, IRENE, “Territorio Mudéjar. Las torres, técnica y creatividad”, La magia de viajar por Aragón, number 126, July – August 2021, pp. 16-23.
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Tower and apse of the church of La Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Terrer
Plaza Bajo el Olmo, 1
50293 Terrer (Zaragoza)
