La+Iglesia+de+San+Pedro+el+Viejo+(english)

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= = =1. THE CHURCH =  Without news about its foundation, it is one of the oldest churches in Madrid and is cited as the Jurisdiction of 1202. At first, it was located near the source closed doors, moving to its current location Street Nuncio, 14 at the time of Alfonso XI, following the capture of Algeciras from the Moors in 1345.

Whith regard to the current building, we can say thet it was the result of various reform and additions that have been happening throughout history.



This church was whith the San Andres, the only south of the ravine and San Pedro Creek, and he shared name. Could, in its origins, to be located somewhat higher than at present, we believe that in the corner of Calle del Nuncio to the crossing of the Almond. The hypothetical location of the church of San Pedro el Viejo is consistent with that given by Quintana, which is based on several documents seen by himself, especially one granted in 1512 by Pope Julius II: the Church were its principles in the place where it is at present, but going up as it falls from the front door of the sacristy, called the door closed right hand near the middle of the street, in a house that noe make corner whith other that is in back of the Villa alholí. " Alholí That was the barn or granary called closed doors, located on the corner of Cava Baja and Almond (where the current Dragon Inn), opposite the weight of the Closed Door Costales (left hand side of the Cava Baja, between San Bruno and Grafal).   Known during the " antiguo regimen " as San Pedro el Real, in the settlement of 1891 lost its status for the parish church of La Paloma, becoming attached to the Parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel.Since that time, adopted the name Paloma San Pedro Real, bringing this centuries-old church began to be known as San Pedro el Viejo, name under which it currently continues to know.
 * 2. WHERE DOES IT´S NAME COME FROM?**

= = = **3. CONSTRUCTION ** = The church of San Pedro el Viejo built probably on a mosque, was constructed by Francisco Sanz. It was constructed in the XIV century. Between 1655 and 1675 a lot of important reforms took place.

The north side was rebuilt by the collapse, in times of Philip II, and took the opportunity to shake a little temple for the benefit of the very narrow street of Segovia. Not many years later, in the first half of the seventeenth century, was rebuilt, almost entirely, the main header and the three ships, from the hand of Don Lorenzo Reinoso, archbishop of Brindisi. The church did not burn in 1936 but was dismantled and lost most of his altarpieces and paintings. In 1980 restoration brought to light the original brick appliances, hidden under a plaster overlay, and cleaned the facades.

=4. THE BUILDING =

About the actual building, we can say that it has been a result of different reforms and new things added that it has been occured during history. Probably the eldest part is the Mudejar tower that came from the XIV century. It is constructed in brik, it has a simple decoration, and the arcs of the windows highlight. It was one of the three churches near Santa Maria and San Juan-consecrated in 1254. The building remained, in addition to the tower, three important remains of the medieval mill : In the South fa there are two royal coats of arms, the only pre-existing Catholic Kings in Madrid, a ribbed head of the fifteenth century Gothic style in the epistle, in the chapel probably founded by Pedro Díaz de la Torre, and at the foot of the tower, aRenaissance façade, 1525, in pretty bad shape.



=5. THE INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH =



At first we can point out the arquit of the nave of the epistle, that it can be of the XV century. About of the principal head çboard and the thre naves, are from the first half of the XVIII century, period in which the temple were reformed because the arzobisp, Don Lorenzo Reinoso, told

=6. CHAPELS =

- CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE RAIN: It was a small chapel at the foot of the temple, the image of Christ that she was taken in procession "that occurred on the needs of pests or lack of water."

- CHAPEL OF THE TOWER: Pedro Diaz de la Torre, fiscal of the Council of the Catholic Monarchs and founder in 1504 of the primogeniture of his name, he built two chapels in the church of San Pedro: one that opened into the chapel, next to of the letter, and another in the nave of the temple, where was his grave "with black slab above vna VNOs lions."

- CHAPEL OF VARGAS: It was founded by Diego de Vargas, known for it as "the hood" - a descendant of Ivan Vargas who was master of San Isidro.

- CHAPEL LUJÁN: He was with the gospel, at the head of the left aisle, and was buried (1568) by Francisco de Luján, captain general of Philip II in the Indies, and his brother Antonio de Luján, bishop of Mondoñedo.