The Church San Bartolomé of Belmonte, part II !!!

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I like to take you back to nice Belmonte in the province of Cuenca, and in the Castilla La Mancha region of the kingdom of Spain. I have to admit came here for the castle very historical of Spain and France. However, there is a lot more in this quant small town we came to love. I am glad to found me more pictures in my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me, Therefore, let me tell you a bit more on the Church San Bartolomé of Belmonte, part II !!!Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Belmonte is 100 km from Cuenca,152 km from Madrid, and 138 km from our home base in Las Majadas from which we came here along the CM2105 local road towards Villalba de la Sierra, and continue on to Cuenca on the CM2110 road, before entering Cuenca bear right onto the autovia de la Meseta Sur or A40 highway until exit/Salida 270 Horcajada and continue on the CM2102 road crossing over the A3 highway Madrid-Valencia autovia and continue on the CM3120a road to Villarejo de Fuentes and continue on the CU V 3321 road briefly becoming the CM3009 road to connect at Villaescusa de Haro with the N420 highway into City center Belmonte bearing left onto Calle Division Azul which itself becomes Calle de San Bartolomé to the Church San Bartolomé with on street parking, and walk to other sights,

The Collegiate Church of San Bartolomé houses the tombs of the Marquis of Villena’s family. It is very large, with three naves and a seven-sided polygonal apse with pointed arches. One of its façades is Gothic, and the other is Gothic-Renaissance. It also contains a Baroque altarpiece and a choir.

The Collegiate Church San Bartolomé is located in the upper town of Belmonte, wthin the walled area, guards the wealth of faith and religiosity of a town made history and art, for more than five centuries. The church was built on the old Visigothic parish of the 5C. A human burial and a flat stone at its head, with the Crismón incised XP, along with other remains and old walls, which appeared in restoration works of 1976, so attest. The Marquis of Villena and Master of the Order of Santiago, Don Juan Pacheco makes almost all the church work and built it again from the foundations. At his request, Pope Pius II erected the parish of Belmonte as a Collegiate Church in 1459.

The Puerta de Perdones (forgiveness door), the one to the west, is flanked by two sprouted and lowered arches, sheltered under another slightly pointed one, on whose eardrum and above the mullion the solemn and majestic figure of Saint Bartholomew emerges. The Puerta del Sol or (Sun door), facing towards noon, is surrounded by two Gothic pinnacles. The hollow of the door is a lowered arch inscribed inside another trilobal of the flowery Gothic. At the intersection of all the ribs of the vault, as well as its support in each of the corresponding columns, a heraldic motif appears with the arms of the Marquis de Villena’s surnames.

The City of Belmonte on the church: https://descubriendo.es/belmonte/lugares-y-monumentos.html?dbd=7-colegiata-de-san-bartolome

The Castilla La Mancha regional Tourist office on the Church: https://en.www.turismocastillalamancha.es/patrimonio/iglesia-colegial-de-san-bartolome-32564/

The Castilla La Mancha Tourist office on the Church’s museum : https://en.www.turismocastillalamancha.es/patrimonio/museo-de-la-colegiata-de-belmonte-10361/descripcion/

The Spain National Tourist Office on Belmonte : https://www.spain.info/en/destination/belmonte/

There you go folks, Belmonte is nice worth the trip to see these wonderful monuments again and of course the church. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Church San Bartolomé of Belmonte, part II !!! 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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