The Church of Alpajés of Aranjuez !

Posted in Europe, Madrid, Spain

I will bring you back to my dear Spain to update this older post with new text and links for you and me, This is one of the wonderful monuments of the princely city of Aranjuez, in the Comunidad de Madrid region of the kingdom of Spain, Do read/see my many posts on this City in my blog, Therefore, let me tell you about the wonderful Church of Alpajés of Aranjuez ! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Church of Alpajés ,also known as the Church of the Virgen de las Angustias (sorrows Virgin church) is a church located on the banks of the Tajo river. Its construction began in 1681, however, the execution of the works would take time, having to be ordered by king Felipe V. It was in 1690 when the inscription of its facade was placed indicating that its plant had been completed, remaining to build the main chapel. It has a Latin cross laidout. It was located in the old medieval neighborhood of Alpajés that was absorbed during the expansion of Aranjuez in the 18C.

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The Church of Alpajés has a sober Baroque style façade with elements of classical architecture, with a brick façade and white apiary stone. The octagonal dome on the outside shows the heraldic shield of Carlos II with the date 1690. Inside is the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The church, completed in 1749 and modified in the 19C, would suffer a fire during the Spanish Civil War that would force the reconstruction in the late 20C of the dome, the choir, the roofs and the body of the sacristy, configuring the current volume that we can see today. It is currently the parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Alpajés) , patron Saint of Aranjuez.

Outside the indented cover with pilasters and crowned by a Latin inscription stands out. On this is the chorus window, auctioned with a party front that supports a real shield with garland, accompanied by several ornamental elements made in Colmenar stone that stand out on the front. Inside, restored after the 1936 fire, the central altar and the side altars, of Baroque style, made in stucco painted by Aurelio Berda and Bartolomé Sermini, according to Bonavía designs.

The city of Aranjuez on the Church of Alpajés : https://www.aranjuez.com/iglesia-de-alpajes.html

The Aranjuez tourist office on the Church : https://visita.aranjuez.es/espacio/iglesia-de-la-virgen-de-las-angustias/

The Comunidad de Madrid region tourist office on the Church of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias (Alpajés) : https://todosobremadrid.com/que-hacer/lglesia-de-nuesta-senora-de-las-angustias/

There you go folks, a nice church to stop by very near the Jardin del Principe or Prince’ garden of the Palace of Aranjuez. With your back to the palace walk up Calle del Principe in about 10-15 minutes depending longer if like us you are curious on your walks. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Church of Alpajés or de las Angustias of Aranjuez as I

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

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Published by pedmar10

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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