Church of la Asunción (Letur)

Church of la Asunción
Native name
Spanish: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Location Letur, Spain
Coordinates 38°21′59″N 2°06′04″W / 38.366501°N 2.101012°W / 38.366501; -2.101012Coordinates: 38°21′59″N 2°06′04″W / 38.366501°N 2.101012°W / 38.366501; -2.101012
Official name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1982
Reference no. RI-51-0004752
Location of Church of la Asunción in Spain

The Church of la Asunción (Spanish: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción) is a church located in Letur, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1982.

The church was erected in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The style is late-gothic or Isabelline Gothic. The main portal is completed in Renaissance style. In the 13th-century, the region was under the rule of the militant knights of the Order of Santiago. The church was completed by 1536, and attributed to a Juan de Arana.[1]

References

  1. Letur town website, entry on church.


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