Facade of the late Baroque Church and Convent of the Holy Trinity - Iglesia y Convento de la Santisima Trinidad (1672-1683) in Antequera, Spain
The religious order of the Barefoot Trinitarians founded this convent in Antequera on the second of August 1637. The present temple was designed by the architect of the same order, Fray Pedro del Espiritu Santo, and it was erected between 1672 and 1683. It follows a church model based on the Encarnacion Church, in Madrid, by Juan Gomez de Mora. The facade is a rectangle framed by two plain pilasters and crowned by a triangular shaped pediment. The central panel consists of three horizontal sections and three vertical sections. On both sides of the facade’s main section there are two wide flying buttresses. The belfry, located on the left side, is made of brick and it has got three niches. It might be of later construction. The inside of the church has a spacious Latin cross floor, with a vault in the transept and interconnecting lateral chapels forming naves. At the foot, it is the choir. In 1935, as the result of a fire, the High Altarpiece was completely destroyed, as well as the images which occupied the smaller niches and the main niche.
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Convento Trinidad, Avenida de la Cruz Blanca 18, 29200 Antequera, Province of Malaga, Andalusia, Sp
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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