San Miguel de los Navarros is a church in
Zaragoza
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Spain
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. It has a single nave with side chapels, a polygonal apse and a bell tower, located at the northern side.
The church and its bell tower are notable examples of
Mudéjar
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architecture. The bell tower has three floors with decorated brickwork, and is surmounted by an 18th-century
spire
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, similar to that of the
Torre de la Seo.
The brickwork façade and the choir date to the Baroque period. The Renaissance artist
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* Damian (surname)
* Damian Subdistrict, in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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executed the polychrome wood sculpture at the high altar.
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Miguel De Los Navarros
Baroque architecture in Aragon
18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain
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