San Nicolás de la Villa is a church in Córdoba, Andalusia, southern

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. It is one of the twelve Fernandine churches built in the city after its conquest by King

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(1236), in Gothic-

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style, although it was completed only in the following centuries, with much renovation added in the sometime. The main portal, in

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, was added by Hernán Ruiz the Younger in the 16th century. The octagonal tower, with a defensive appearance, was rebuilt during the age of the

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above an older

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. In the 17th and 18th century, much of the church's elements were modified until it received the current mostly

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appearance. The

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dates from 1555.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolas de la Villa, San Roman Catholic churches in Córdoba, Spain 13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain Gothic architecture in Andalusia Baroque architecture in Andalusia Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Córdoba (Spain)