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About Arch of San Lorenzo

The Arch of San Lorenzo in Jaen, Spain is situated at the intersection of the roads Almendros Aguilar and Madre de Dios Mother of God. It is a piece of the previous Church of San Lorenzo, worked between the 13th and 14th century and its inside houses such fortunes as Moorish tilework and framing, and also a little sanctuary. It is additionally home to an affiliation called Amigos de San Anton. It was announced a Bien de Interés Cultural in 1877. The congregation was a solitary nave situated at the current location 2-4 San Lorenzo Street. It was noted for its aesthetic fortunes, including an All Souls Altarpiece, a board of Saint Dominic and Saint Bartholomew of La Cuesta, and an incredible painting on cloth of Cristo de las Injurias, all as of now situated in the adjacent Church of La Merced.

The house of prayer is canvassed by block vaulting in the focal point of which drapes a votive light from a mortar pendant. The whole mass of the house of prayer is secured by a Moorish tiled plinth of extraordinary aesthetic esteem. In 1825 the congregation of San Lorenzo crumbled because of disregard, leaving just the curve standing. The ward and its files were moved to the Church of Saint Bartholomew, and its aesthetic fortune was isolated between the Church of Saint Bartholomew and the Church of La Merced. It was proclaimed a national landmark in 1877 because of crafted by a gathering of Jaen inhabitants who blocked a crusade for its total destruction.

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