TEXTIL DECORATIVO DEL CORO

Decorative textile of the upper choir made in burgundy color and with large brocades of floral and vegetal representation, the main element being the cross of Santiago, also appear the name of Jesus and the custody represented. All of it is edged by a golden brass with golden fringes and golden and burgundy tassels.

The church lacks a frontis; the main door is extruded with two terraced columns, with Corinthian pedestals and capitals and a front n in which real weapons appear. In its outer part, the frontis behind the main chapel presents more solidity than beauty; composed of three floors with seven windows.

In the interior two rows of four columns and five arches of red stone, with pedestals and equal capitals (with less height in the central nave), divide their three ships throughout their length, appearing at their head part of the old main chapel and the new one in its background, finishing the church in the trascoro in other three chapels divided with solid pillars and arches of communication.

The entire monument is born immersed in the strong Mudejarism of the peninsular architecture of that time, which is deeply rooted in the islands and endures until it becomes a peculiar architectural form as shown in all its wooden coffered ceilings.

The church undergoes abundant reforms, the most important being the one carried out from 1776 by the architect Nicol s Eduardo, who designed a new main chapel.

Currently the architectural container that configures the church is a conglomerate of buildings belonging to few and different traces; Be exaggerated to talk about different styles. Even without taking into account these irregularities, the lack of unity in the construction can be observed, especially when examining the east side of the building; with its canvases on the wall and its irregular windows with those of ...

It is located in the balustrade of the choir.

Foundation International Center for the Conservation of Heritage (Cicop), 2013.