Tower of the church of La Asunción, La Almunia de Doña Godina

Plaza de España 50100 La Almunia de Doña Godina

CURRENT PROTECTION CATEGORY:

Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC)

TYPE OF PROPERTY: Real estate

CATEGORY: Religious

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mudejar

DATE OF CONSTRUCTION:
14thCentury

The Mudejar tower of the parish church of the Asunción de Nuestra Señora de la Almunia de Doña Godina belongs to the old Romanesque church, demolished in the 18th century. It is a tower of mixed typology built in two phases. It was in the 14th century when the Romanesque church dating from the 12th century was completed with the construction of a Mudejar tower. This tower has a square floor plan and is influenced by the Hispano-Muslim minaret. This is reflected in the arrangement of a massive central buttress and a staircase covered by a false vault with an approximation of courses. On the outside, the decoration is made up of bricks in angled brickwork, forming zigzags and crosses of bricks in diamond-shaped projections.

In addition, the second body was laid out as a belfry open to the exterior with pointed arches on each side, framed by brick decoration in the form of diamond-shaped projections.

It was in the second half of the 16th century that the height of the building was increased and the structure was changed, with the addition of an octagonal body. The old openings were enclosed and the ceramic ornamentation was completed.

Interventions

Restoration, 20th Century to 21st Century

In 1960, the ceramic decoration was renewed in accordance with the original models, with ceramic discs and friezes, some of which were replaced.

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

The Official Gazette of Aragon of 8 October 2001 published Decree 217/2001 of 18 September 2001, of the Government of Aragon, declaring the Tower of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in La Almunia de Doña Godina (Zaragoza) to be an Asset of Cultural Interest, in the category of Monument.

Bibliography

ALLO MANERO AND MATEOS GIL. La Almunia de Doña Godina. Guía histórico-artística, Diputación General de Aragón, Zaragoza, 1987.

LANZAROTE GUIRAL, José María; Arana Cobos, Itziar. Valentín Carderera’s artistic journey through Aragón: Architectural monuments of Spain. Zaragoza: Institución Fernando el Católico, 2013.

VV.AA. La Almunia de Doña Godina, Colección Territorio, Comarca del Valdejalón, p. 251, Diputación General de Aragón, 2003.

VV.AA. Mudéjar Land. El Mudéjar Aragonés, Patrimonio Mundial, Heraldo de Aragón D.L. 2002

Appendixes

Tower of the church of La Asunción

Plaza de España
50100 La Almunia de Doña Godina

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