Santa María Magdalena (St Mary Magdalene) is one of a number of medieval Roman Catholic churches in Tudela, region of Navarre, Spain. It is a Romanesque style building.
History edit
When Alfonso the Battler conquered Tudela in 1129 there was already a Mozarabic community in the city.
The church was erected in the second half of the 12th century, perhaps on the site of a Mozarabic church. The sculpted portal is elaborately decorated with biblical scenes and those of daily life. The bell-tower is also Romanesque with a series of rounded arches. The interior has a 16th-century gilded retablo dedicated to Mary Magdalen. The chapels were built during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Conservation edit
The church was made a Bien de Interés Cultural in 1983.[1]
References edit
- ^ Tourism Navarre, entry on church.
External links edit
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