Atienza Baroque · Atienza

During the seventeenth century, all the churches of Atienza were decorated with baroque altarpieces, reflecting the artistic taste of the time. In the eighteenth century, part of the Romanesque gallery of the church of San Bartolomé was destroyed to raise in its place the majestic chapel of Santo Cristo de Atienza, patron saint of the town. Also built in this century, next to the entrance of the village, was the hospital of Santa Ana, now converted into a hotel. In the same period an ornamental fountain was commissioned to the famous workshop of Ventura Rodriguez, prestigious architect of the eighteenth century, responsible for such emblematic fountains as those of Cybele or Neptune in Madrid. This fountain was originally located next to the hermitage of Humilladero, accompanied by a stone bench from the same period. In the mid-twentieth century, when the Plaza de España -where you are- was remodeled, the fountain was moved to its current location as part of the new urban design.