The Church Santa Maria of Tordesillas !!!

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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 Tordesillas after several years and it was sublime ! I like to continue my road warrior stories this time in Tordesillas, Therefore, here is my take on the Church Santa Maria of Tordesillas !!! Sadly this one was closed when we arrived. Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Tordesillas is located in the province of Valladolid and the autonomous community of Castilla y Léon in the kingdom of Spain, It is 33 km from Valladolid City , 11 km from our rental house in Velliza, and 183 km from Madrid, We walked all over the small town, and saw wonderful monuments. I like to keep them in my blog for the memories of always and return, eventually.

The Church of Santa María la Mayor de la Asunción was Gothic, but at the end of the 16C it is rethink in Classicist style, emanating from El Escorial. It is believe that the Church rises over the old town mosque. Therefore, the header and first two bodies of the tower are of Gothic style and the rest of the Escurialense style, and their modifications reach the 18C. It is the largest church in the town, built in stone and brick. It has a single nerf with three covers. The tower, square base, constitutes the lookout point of Tordesillas due to its high height. It has a valuable main altarpiece in the center the size of the assumption, with dressing room that can be accessed also has several canvases, some signed. The church has a baroque organ of the 18C. Today, it is the siege of several cofradias or brotherhoods of the Holy Week of Tordesillas where processional steps are kept, such as the Virgen de la Soledad or the Cristo de la Misericordia.(Christ of Mercy).

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The left door was reduced in height to install the baroque organ of the 18th century and the cover that was at the feet of the church is blinded and instead there is a vain to illuminate the low choir. The tower, square base, constitutes the vigía point of tordesillas due to its high height. It was built between the 16th and 18th centuries with a gothic base and classical evolution. During the Napoleonic invasion it was used as a surveillance basis by Spanish troops. In the upper part of the tower is a clock, “the loose clock”, with bronze allegories of the seasons of the year in its mechanism, which serves to announce at parties in honor of the Virgen de la Peña, patron saint of the town, and the beginning of different celebrations. It has a valuable major altarpiece in 1655 classicist, At the feet of the church is the low choir with noble wood starker carved with jaculatory to the Virgin. In one of its side chapels is the image of one of the patrons of the town, the Virgen de la Guia or Guide, during the middle of the year in which the church is the parish headquarters of the town.

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The Cultural site of the province of Valladolid on the Church Santa Maria: https://cultura.diputaciondevalladolid.es/-/tordesillas-iglesia-de-santa-maria-la-mayor

The Tordesillas tourist office on the Church Santa Maria: https://www.tordesillas.net/-que-ver-/guia-de-monumentos/-/asset_publisher/jxHervIS7xKf/content/iglesia-de-santa-maria/23202

The regional Castilla y Léon tourist office on Tordesillas : https://www.turismocastillayleon.com/en/art-culture-heritage/historic-sites/tordesillas

The province of Valladolid on Tordesillas: https://www.provinciadevalladolid.com/en/-/tordesillas-3

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Tordesillas was a pleasant quant, historical, near our house, I love it, We will be back ,eventually!, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Church Santa Maria of Tordesillas !!! as I

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

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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 All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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