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We are back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see new areas and old repeat with some of them as introduction to my sons and our dog Rex ! I came into Valladolid after several years and it was sublime ! I like to continue my road warrior stories with Valladolid, Therefore, here is my take on the Church of San Miguel y San Julian of Valladolid !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The City of Valladolid is in the province of Valladolid, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Léon, only 202 km from from Madrid. This was another surprise impressive church which we enjoyed and would love to see more, eventually.

The Church of San Miguel and San Julián is the temple of the former Professor House of the Society of Jesus when the expulsion of the Jesuits occurred in 1767, by order of Carlos III of Spain, the building was destined to the parish of San Miguel, San San Julián and Santa Basilisa in 1775. The Church, built in the last quarter of the 16C, is one of the clearest exponents of Jesuit architecture, and hosts a good collection of altarpieces, sculptures and paintings.

The church has hosted since 1775 of the Parish of San Miguel and San Julián and Santa Basilisa, the result of the merger on that date of the two oldest parishes in Valladolid: San Miguel, whose headquarters was until 1775 in the square of the same name, and San Julián and Santa Basilisa, whose building was located in the corner between the current streets of La Encarnación and San Ignacio,, The company of Jesus is established in Valladolid in 1543, by the work of two parents from Lisbon. In 1551, San Francisco de Borja visited Valladolid, with which the Foundation is consolidated in 1580, The works begin and the church must be completed in the last years of the 16C. The invocation of the temple was that of San Antonio de Padua until Ignacio de Loyola was beatified in 1609 and the church changed its invocation for that of San Ignacio. In 1767, through a pragmatic sanction dictated by Carlos III, the company of Jesus was expelled of the Spanish territories. Its heritage was seized by the State. On the dawn of April 3, 1767 appeared in the houses of the Society of Jesus besieged by soldiers on horseback. That day, the religious were prisoners in the convent and the next day, they left in the morning in calesas and mules, only the sick remaining. The Church of San Ignacio was closed until 1775 and the buildings of the convent, except the church and its attached units, were redistributed and turned into private homes. Even in the mid -20C, homes that had been in their convent of the Society of Jesus were left on the Calle de San Ignacio.

The Church of San Miguel and San Julian is of a large rectangle and is done in the Latin Cross style with a single three -sections nerf with chapels among the buttresses that have shortcuts between them, cruise and largest chapel. It shows a high choir built in 1904 with a concrete beam and replaces a smaller tribune. The main facade consists of two bodies, with aletons and pediment, the access is made by means of an adintelada door crowned with curved front and party, on which a niche that ends in triangular pediment with spheres at its ends is placed. Inside the niche is a statue of San Miguel of late Gothic style, brought from the old church in 1775, where it was outside the main chapel; Below are the weapons of the Catholic Monarchs, forming set with the statue, as they were in the old church. before the expulsion of the Jesuits, a San Ignacio was in this niche. On both sides there are two shields of the Fuensaldaña counts.

The main altarpiece built at the end of the 16C, it is the work of several authors and shows a structure similar to that of the monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, presenting , two bodies and attic and five halls separated by Jonic columns in the first body and Corinth the second. The tabernacle that is located in the main hall, in the first body. Above, in the second body, there is a sculpture of San Miguel along with the four sculptures of the two halls of the ends of the altarpiece, carved for the altarpiece of the old church of San Miguel and placed here in 1775. The triumphal sculptures of San Miguel and San Gabriel, placed in the presbytery mouth. Coronating the altarpiece, are the shields of the Counts of Fuensaldaña, the church patrons. The two collateral altarpieces, of identical invoice, were made in 1613 in 1616 they were reformed and were again in 1622 to host the sculptures of San Ignacio and San Francisco Javier, the two altarpieces are destined for reliquaries and contain numerous busts of saints in Santos in The cruise are, in addition to several canvases from the 17C and 18C, two Rococó style altarpieces containing two immaculate sculptures, the circle of Pedro de Sierra, and San Francisco de Asís.

The six collateral chapels that open to the ship have all the same architecture and are decorated with fresco paintings with architectural and decorative themes. The chapels on each side are communicated with each other. They have a good collection of altarpieces. The two chapels of the third section from the feet are the most outstanding: that of the Christ of the Good Death and that of the penitent Magdalena. The two chapels of the second section from the feet have two Rococó style altarpieces, from the mid -18C. On the side of the Gospel is a sculpture of San Antonio de Padua. In front, there is an Immaculate, made around 1670. The two chapels of the feet section have two baroque altarpieces of the 18C without polychrome or gold. On the side of the Gospel, a sculpture of St. Siro stands out, in the epistle, there are two sculptures of San Nicolás de Tolentino and San Roque.

In the choir, which is located at the foot of the church, on a tribune built in 1904 and that replaces the previous one, there is a smaller, There is a romantic sound aesthetics organ done in 1919,the furniture that houses the tubes and machinery of the instrument is from the 18C. The sacristy is accessed through a wide room that connects the side chapels with it and that contains a large number of canvases. The sacristy is wide and keeps a true museum. In addition, in this area there are numerous canvases of the 17C and 18C, four canvases derived from the tapestries of the triumph of the Eucharist on Rubens designs, and a large drawer of the 17C. From the sacristy you access the reliquary, a stay square, whose walls are totally covered with relics dispossessed inside the polls in different forms and busts of saints. It has an altarpiece of the mid -17C in whose attic is an image of the Virgin, of alabaster, from the 15C.

The Valladolid tourist office on the Church of San Miguel y San Julian : https://www.info.valladolid.es/en/detalle-monumento/-/asset_publisher/YazOkPDbnVzD/content/lugares-monumentos-iglesia-de-san-miguel

The Fraternity of the Descendimiento on the Church San Miguel y San Julian : https://descendimientovalladolid.es/san-miguel

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Valladolid is nice, awesome will say back after so many years it seems all for the first time, and love it ! We will be back, eventually, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Church of San Miguel y San Julian of Valladolid !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!