Church Of Nuestra Señora De La Asunción (Valdemoro)
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The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción ( Spanish: ''Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción'') is a church located in Valdemoro, Spain. It was declared '' Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1981. Built in
Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
style, it has a nave measuring 60 x 28 meters, with side chapels. The high altar is decorated by the paintings ''St. Peter of Verona'' by
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, ''The Assumption of the Virgin'' by
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, and the ''Apparition of the Virgin to St. Julian'' by Francisco Goya. The bell tower was completed in 1764.


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Nuestra Senora De La Asuncion, Valdemoro Baroque architecture in the Community of Madrid 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain Roman Catholic churches completed in 1764 Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Community of Madrid 1764 establishments in Spain {{Spain-church-stub