{"id":12724,"date":"2022-10-06T13:16:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.territoriomudejar.es\/patrimonio\/tower-of-the-church-of-santa-maria-ateca\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T13:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:18:09","slug":"tower-of-the-church-of-santa-maria-ateca","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.territoriomudejar.es\/en\/patrimonio\/tower-of-the-church-of-santa-maria-ateca\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower of the church of Santa Mar\u00eda, Ateca"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Tower of the church of Santa Mar\u00eda, Ateca<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlaza de Jes\u00fas, 10. Ateca (Zaragoza)

\r\nTYPE OF ASSET: <\/strong>Property

\r\nCATEGORY:<\/strong> Religious

\r\nARCHITECTURAL STYLE: <\/strong>Mudejar

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\r\n\r\nMiddle Ages: Second half of the 13th century

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is a square-plan tower with two distinct sections, based on typology. It is attached to the last bay at the west end of the church of Santa Mar\u00eda in Ateca, on the Epistle side of the temple. The tower was originally free-standing and traces of an ancient minaret can be seen in the lowest section. It was attached in an irregular manner in the 16th century to this final bay of the church.\r\n

\r\nThe first section of the tower has a square floor plan and was built in the style of the Mudejar towers featuring an inner tower structure, around which another tower is wrapped, with a stairway between the two. The tower is divided rooms on four levels, one above the other, covered by barrel vaults. The stairway provides access to these rooms.\r\n

\r\nIt is worth noting that, as one ascends the tower, the lower part of the stairway is covered by eight small barrel vaults made of brick laid in a sardinel bond arrangement. There follow six small quadripartite rib vaults and, finally, this roofing system, which is rather \u201cexperimental\u201d in nature, is completed with a system of narrowing courses of brick like that seen in other towers such as the one in the church of Santa Mar\u00eda in Tobed, which is the most widespread system in the second half of the 14th century and the 15th century.\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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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe strong Muslim influence is noticeable on the tower exterior, which boasts protruding brick and ceramic decorative motifs. Pointed horseshoe arches, cross shapes and ceramic discs are some of the ornamental features that were widely used in Aragonese Mudejar art.\r\n

\r\n\r\nThe lower part of the first section has apertures to allow light into the stairway. This light was subsequently blocked when the tower was attached to the church at a later date. The openings were built at the level where the stairs provide access to the rooms in the inner tower, with an ogee arch of oriental influence in the south wall while the west wall features a surbased arch with voussoirs that are split at the center and thick perpends between those near the impost molding.\r\n

\r\n\r\nAt the top of this first section of the tower, there is a series of decorative horizontal friezes forming large panels filled with seven blind pointed horseshoe arches resting on cylindrical honey-colored and green shafts with ceramic discs of the same colors and stamped fleurs-de-lis within the spandrels of the arches; a frieze of five cross shapes inscribed within a square to form a fishbone pattern; and a frieze of angled bricks adorning discs, as well as friezes of intertwined pointed arches resting on brick pilasters, flanked by ceramic shafts.\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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\r\n\r\nThe ceramic decorative work on the exterior was restored in 1970. The belfry, spire, fa\u00e7ades and interior of the different sections have undergone diverse types of restoration work in recent years.

\r\n\r\nRESTORATION PROJECT, 20th CENTURY\r\nThe restoration project was carried out in two phases, spanning from 1985 to 1994. A second restoration project was completed in 2001.\r\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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\r\nThe church and tower of Santa Mar\u00eda in Ateca were declared an Asset of Cultural Interest under the Ministry of Culture Decree dated January 12, 1983, which was published the Official State Gazette of March 5, 1983.\r\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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BORR\u00c1S GUALIS, GONZALO M., Arte Mud\u00e9jar Aragon\u00e9s<\/em>, Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Zaragoza Arag\u00f3n y Rioja y el Colegio Oficial de Aparejadores y Arquitectos t\u00e9cnicos de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 1985.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

GALIAY, JOS\u00c9. Arte mud\u00e9jar aragon\u00e9s<\/em>, Instituci\u00f3n Fernando el Cat\u00f3lico, Zaragoza, 2002.<\/p>

MART\u00cdNEZ GARC\u00cdA, FRANCISCO J. Ateca, desde sus or\u00edgenes hasta el a\u00f1o 1500<\/em>, Instituci\u00f3n Fernando el Cat\u00f3lico, Zaragoza, 2015.<\/p>

MILL\u00c1N GIL, JULI\u00c1N Y SANMIGUEL MATEO, AGUST\u00cdN (COORD.). Comarca de la Comunidad de Calatayud<\/em>, Colecci\u00f3n Territorio n\u00ba 20, Departamento dePresidencia y Relaciones Institucionales del Gobierno de Arag\u00f3n, Zaragoza, 2005.<\/p>

SANMIGUEL MATEO, AGUST\u00cdN. Torres de ascendencia isl\u00e1mica en las comarcas de Calatayud y Daroca<\/em>, Centro de estudios bilbilitanos, Instituci\u00f3n\u201cFernando el Cat\u00f3lico\u201d, Calatayud, 1998.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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