The Church of San Martín ( Spanish: ''Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín'') is a church located in

La Gineta La Gineta is a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 2,072. The historic Church of San Martín stands in the town. Industry La Gineta is the site of a test track of the Talgo RD Talgo (officially Patent ...

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. It was declared '' Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1992. The church was erected in an anachronistic

gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

style in the 16th century. The ceiling has complex tracery. The main portal, of Renaissance style, has been attributed to Jerónimo Quijano, or

Andrés de Vandelvira Andrés de Vandelvira (1509–1575) was a Spanish architect, active mainly in Jaén, Uclés, Baeza, and Úbeda during the Renaissance. He was born in Alcaraz, in the province of Albacete and died in Jaén. The church of Nuestra Señora de ...

. The former main retablo (1648) was completed in

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, attributed to Juan Sánchez Cordobés. It was almost completely destroyed during the Spanish Civil War.City Hall of La Gineta
official website, entry on church.

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Churches in Castilla–La Mancha Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Albacete Gothic architecture in Castilla–La Mancha 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain {{Spain-church-stub