{"id":12551,"date":"2022-09-21T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T09:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.territoriomudejar.es\/patrimonio\/church-of-san-miguel-arcangel-villarreal-de-huerva\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:52:08","slug":"church-of-san-miguel-arcangel-villarreal-de-huerva","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.territoriomudejar.es\/en\/patrimonio\/church-of-san-miguel-arcangel-villarreal-de-huerva\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of San Miguel Arc\u00e1ngel, Villarreal de Huerva"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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CURRENT PROTECTION CATEGORY:<\/strong> Listed<\/p>\n

TYPE OF PROPERTY: <\/strong>Real estate <\/p>\n

CATEGORY: <\/strong>Religious<\/p>\n

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: <\/strong>Mudejar<\/p>\n

DATE OF CONSTRUCTION: <\/b>16th century<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Mudejar tower is the only remaining vestige of the old church. The primitive 14th century temple, of which we have hardly any information, was replaced in the 17th century by the new Baroque construction. Nowadays, its appearance is distorted with respect to how it was originally, since, with the reconstruction of the temple in the 17th century, the tower was enlarged with a last body. In addition, what is probably the altar table of the original church has recently been found in the area surrounding the church, and can now be seen in the entrance atrium. <\/p>\n

We have, therefore, an example of the rich Mudejar heritage that Aragon boasts, proof of which is that this tower has been protected since 2002 by virtue of the Order of 12 July, by which the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Government of Aragon declares the “Bell Tower of the Church of San Miguel Arc\u00e1ngel” in Villarreal de Huerva a Catalogued Asset of Aragonese Cultural Heritage. Among the different types of towers found in Mudejar architecture, the one in Villarreal belongs to those that have Islamic decoration, but do not have an Islamic structure, i.e. a minaret structure. These towers correspond to the layout of the stately towers of castles. In these towers, which have vaulted brick rooms inside, which also make them difficult to destroy, the ascent is much more complicated than in the minaret towers, where the floors were made of wood. These characteristics can easily be associated with the defensive nature of these towers, which in the case of Villarreal is evident, since, as we have mentioned, the church was part of a walled enclosure with a military function. Traditionally, the tower at Villarreal has gone largely unnoticed in the historiography of Mud\u00e9jar art. The sparse decoration and austerity of the tower itself, and the body with which it was rebuilt following the reconstruction of the church in the 17th century, have contributed to this neglect. Likewise, the large volume of the new Baroque church also helped to overshadow the tower. <\/span><\/p>\n

The tower, made entirely of brick, is located at the foot of the church, on the south side or Epistle side, has a square floor plan and is divided into superimposed rooms, with the exception of the first body, which is solid. Above this initial level there is a first room which is accessed from the choir of the church, about six metres high, covered with ribbed vaulting. This body has smooth walls on the outside, which are only altered by the presence of three narrow arpilleras. <\/p>\n

Next, we find a second room that is covered with a vaulted ceiling, which is accessed by a narrow intramural L-shaped staircase with a steep slope and high and uncomfortable steps, embedded in the east wall forming a small box covered with brick vaults formed by the approximation of courses. In this second room there are two windows more than a metre apart on each side, with the exception of the north side, where the staircase enters, which only has one. This would have been the original bell tower, hence the presence of the openings and the concentration of decoration on the outside. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The windows are semicircular and below them there is a continuous line of angled brickwork. The openings are flanked by small single bands of angled brick between two double or staggered bands above and below. Between the windows, the single line of angled brickwork is replaced by simple brick lozenges, again between two double lines. Above the openings is a row of cantilevered brick corbels forming an impost, which seems to indicate the end of the original masonry, which may have been topped by a terrace with a lantern, insisting in any case on the defensive purpose indicated by the tower’s structure. <\/p>\n

Finally, today we find a rough brick pyramid on top of the vault that covers the second room, on which a barrel vault rests, which serves as the base for the added bell tower. On the outside, a large plain cloth serves as a base for the last section, which has an octagonal floor plan and a decoration in the upper part with Mudejar reminiscences that seems to be a recent addition. <\/p>\n

We can see, therefore, how in the tower of Villarreal we find some of the most characteristic ornamental elements of Aragonese Mud\u00e9jar, such as the angles, also known as sawtooths. Geometric motifs, such as rhombuses, are also elements where brick finds its maximum expressive possibilities. In Villarreal, we also see the oldest system for flying eaves made of brick, a system using bricks that are closed off with L-shaped intramural stairs inside the tower between them at the top by approximation of courses, which is used on exteriors to separate different bodies and in the eaves performs the function of the corbels. We have seen that this same system of approximation of courses is also used in the vaulting of the stairwells. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Projects and interventions and their promoters define the history of monumental buildings as well as the perception of them.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Alvar, J.: Etnograf\u00eda de Arag\u00f3n<\/i>, Guara, 1986.<\/p>\n

Beltr\u00e1n, J.: Tradiciones y leyendas de Daroca<\/i>, Zaragoza, 1929. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bl\u00e1nquez Herrero, C.: El agua y Arag\u00f3n<\/i>, Prensa Diaria Aragonesa S.A., El Peri\u00f3dico de Arag\u00f3n, Grupo Z.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ma\u00f1as Ballest\u00edn, F. (coord..): Comarca Campo de Daroca<\/i>, Government of Arag\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

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Mateos Royo, J.A.: Auge y decadencia de un municipio aragon\u00e9s: El Concejo de Daroca en los siglos XVI y XVII<\/i>, Centro de Estudios Darocenses, Daroca, 1997.<\/p>\n

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Ronco Lario, A.: Campo de Romanos, subcomarca con identidad propia<\/i>, Mainar, Ayuntamiento de Mainar, 1990.<\/p>\n

Serrano Dolader, A.: Huellas y conjuros: por tierras zaragozanas de Daroca y Gallocanta<\/i>, Instituci\u00f3n Fernando el Cat\u00f3lico, Zaragoza, 2014.<\/p>\n

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