Another wonderful experience in my beloved Spain. Driven by it so many times eventually several years back decided to come in and it has been a stop ever since. Jaca in the heart of Aragon! This is a post arisen from the fact ,do not know how missed these pictures in my blog from the start !! I just found them and of course, they need to be in my blog !! Of course, plenty more written on Jaca in my blog. The city is in the province ofHuesca, and autonomous community of Aragon. Therefore, here is my take on the Church of Carmen of Jaca !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I.
The Church of Carmen in Jaca belongs to Carmelite art. This church was built in 1657. It is located on Calle Carmen that converges to Calle Mayor. The entrance to the church is in a manierist style and its inner plant is in the form of Latin cross with chapels on the sides of the altar and two others on the sides of each nave. Its main altar has a beautiful altarpiece describing the delivery of the Holy Scapular by the Virgin to Simon Stock.
This church is the only construction of the former convent of Nuestra Señora del Carmen or Our Lady of Carmen that the Carmelitas Descalzos or Barefoot Carmelites founded in Jaca. It is a Beautiful Sample of the Reflection in the Art of Exaltion of Baroque Spiritality of the Late 17C.The begging order of the barefoot Carmelites had settled in the surrounding jaca in 1597, in the church of Santa María de Mocorones, the current Ermita de la Victoria or hermitage of victory. There they remained until 1614, when they moved to this plot where they founded their monastery and built the church that we see, finished in 1657. Until Mendizábal confiscation, in 1835,(law sep state/church) the church belonged to this congregation. In the 20C, Capuchin monks took care of the church until 1999, except during the Republican period in which they left the city. It currently depends on the Church of Santiago (see post) that is located next to the clock tower (see post).
The Church of Our Lady of Carmen aka Church of Carmen in addition to the magnificent main altarpiece, fully Baroque style, it houses other altarpieces, dated in the 18C and of diverse origin. In the chapels of the header we find the altarpieces of Saint Peter and a Holy Abad, which are originally from the Alta Church of San Juan de la Peña. Others, such as San José and Santiago Peregrino, come from the Parish Church of Ruesta and were brought in 1966. The two statues that were in the side arches of the lower part of the cover, which represented two heroes of holiness of the Carmelite order, had to be removed inside, in 1889, to stop their progressive deterioration.
There you go folks, a wonderful, terrific, no words combination to see inJaca. There are many others do see my blog ! Again;hope you enjoy this post on the Church of Carmen of Jaca as I
And remember, happy travels, good health and many cheers to all !!!
I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world.
My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting.
Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers
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