CHURCH AND TOWER OF SAN BARTOLOME Temple dedicated to the Patron of the City: San Bartolomé. The current factory is from the fifteenth century which explains some of its Gothic features. Renovated in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the Baroque style being well defined structure. Highlights in this temple the main façade richly decorated that give the plant motifs, wavy lintels and especially the tiles. And its tower, built in 1759, 60 meters high. The interior of the church had started as a chapel, under the name of San Bartolomé de la Jara, stood in the thirteenth century, in the most prominent part of the population.The present building is from much later, about the fifteenth century and renovated in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but there are still many vestiges of its former appearance of Gothic style. The altarpiece is a work of José de la Barrera, 1691. This Baroque altarpiece is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.GalleryDetailsMapAddress: San Bartolomé SquareTown: Jerez de los CaballerosCountry: España View the embedded image gallery online at: http://www.portierrasrayanas.com/en/home/279-jerez-de-los-caballeros/33054-church-and-tower-of-san-bartolome.html#sigFreeIda9604da279 JavaScript must be enabled in order for you to use Google Maps. However, it seems JavaScript is either disabled or not supported by your browser. To view Google Maps, enable JavaScript by changing your browser options, and then try again.
