Colegiata de San Martín de Tours

The Collegiate Church of San Martín de Tours is a collegiate church located in Bonilla de la Sierra, in the province of Ávila, Castilla y León, integrated in the historical complex of the town and located in the Plaza de la Iglesia, very close to the indicated coordinates. It was declared a national historic-artistic monument in 1931, antecedent of the current protection as an Asset of Cultural Interest. It is a religious building of Gothic style, erected in the first half of the 15th century. The regional tourist sources highlight the purity of its walls, the pinnacles, the large windows and the square tower, as well as its single nave of good proportions, features that define its sober and monumental character. Among its most notable patrimonial elements are the choir, the chapels and the altarpieces. Also mentioned are a large pointed barrel vault, a chapel with a cross ribbed and interlaced vault, a baroque altarpiece and gothic paintings, reflecting the artistic wealth accumulated in the building over time. Its history is linked to the ecclesiastical weight of Bonilla de la Sierra, a town linked to the bishops of Avila. The collegiate church was promoted in the context of the late medieval development of the town, and local documentation attributes its impulse to Cardinal Juan de Carvajal, making it one of the main heritage landmarks of the municipality.