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The church of San Ginés (
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: ''iglesia de San Ginés de Arlés'') in
Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
, is one of the oldest churches in that city.ARTEHISTORIA - Genios de la Pintura - Ficha Iglesia de San Ginés (Madrid)
/ref> It is situated on the Calle Arenal. References to it appear in documents dating from the ninth century. Originally built in
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style (of the structure only the
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survives), it was rebuilt in 1645.


History

The church was one of the churches of the medieval Madrid, of
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origin, from between the 12th and 13th centuries, and its name comes from the fact that it was dedicated to the patron saint of notaries and secretaries,
Saint Genesius of Arles Genesius of Arles (or more precisely ''Genesius of Arelate'', in French Genès) was a notary martyred under Maximianus in 303 or 308. He is honoured in the Catholic Church as the patron saint of notaries and secretaries, and invoked against chilbl ...
(San Ginés de Arlés). It was declared ''
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'' in 1982.


Description

The church is preceded by an atrium enclosed by railings. It has a Latin cross plan, with a nave and two aisles separated by semicircular arches and several side chapels and the altarpieces belong to the Neoclassical-Romantic school. It was, however, reconstructed after suffering several fires, so few remnants of the original church, such as the bell-tower, remain. In 1870, the loggia and atrium were added. The tower has a beautiful Madrid-style slate spire that incorporates great verticality into the construction. In the Santísimo Cristo Chapel there are artworks by
Alonso Cano Alonso Cano Almansa or Alonzo Cano (19 March 16013 September 1667) was a Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor born in Granada.Luca Giordano Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Early l ...
and
el Greco Doménikos Theotokópoulos (, ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco (; "The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. ...
. In fact, the painting by El Greco is not to be found in the chapel of the Santísimo, it is situated in the main church but covered by wood. In 2009 the church acquired ''The lamentation'' by
Michiel Coxie Michiel Coxie the Elder, Michiel Coxcie the Elder or Michiel van Coxcie, Latinised name ''Coxius''Michiel Coxie (I) ...
.Ana Diéguez Rodríguez, ''Más precisiones sobre algunas obras de Michael Coxcie en España: la Lamentación sobre lienzo de El Escorial y la Resurrección de Cristo del antiguo convento de los Agustinos de Medina del Campo (Valladolid)'' Libros de la Corte, ISSN-e 1989-6425, Nº. 14, 2017, pp. 122-135


Notes

Lope de Vega Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Spanish Baroque literature, Baroque literature. In the literature of ...
, the dramatist (playwright) and writer, married there, while poet
Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Order of Santiago, Knight of the Order of Santiago (; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, ...
, was baptized there. The death certificate of
Tomás Luis de Victoria Tomás Luis de Victoria (sometimes Italianised as ''da Vittoria''; ) was the most famous Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlande de Lassus as among the principal composers of the late Re ...
can also be found in its archives. One of the most curious items on display is a stuffed crocodile, which is said to have been brought over from the Americas during the reign of the
Catholic Monarchs The Catholic Monarchs were Isabella I of Castile, Queen Isabella I of Crown of Castile, Castile () and Ferdinand II of Aragon, King Ferdinand II of Crown of Aragón, Aragon (), whose marriage and joint rule marked the ''de facto'' unification of ...
.


See also

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Catholic Church in Spain The Spanish Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Spain, is part of the Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Holy See, Rome, and the Spanish Episcopal Conference. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 establishes the non- ...
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List of oldest church buildings This article lists some but by no means all of the oldest known church buildings in the world. In most instances, buildings listed here were reconstructed numerous times and only fragments of the original buildings have survived. These surviving f ...


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