San Francisco Church, Betanzos, Spain

San Francisco Church was rebuilt in the 14th century on an earlier 13th-century structure. It has a floor plan in the shape of a Latin cross, a single nave, chapels in the apse and a gabled roof. The outside is arranged in staggered heights, with three windows at the top. The main doorway is a pointed arch, and the archivolts are decorated with plant and geometric motifs. The tympanum has a representation of the Adoration of the Kings and Saint Francis receiving the stigmata on Mount Alvernia. At the east end of the church is the sarcophagus of Fernán Pérez de Andrade.

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Maria Luisa (11 months ago)
Because access is very controlled by the virus

Diego Orive Martín (11 months ago)
A must for every art lover

Juanjo Málaga (12 months ago)
A national monument

Isabel Castro Vazquez (2 years ago)
Beautiful historical building. Mystical experience

Francisco Gomez (3 years ago)
This is an extraordinary old church. Pay the 2 Euros fee to contribute to the charity in charge of the restoration of the church

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