Iglesia de Sant Jaume

The Church of Sant Jaume de Alcúdia is the parish church of the historic center of Alcúdia, in Mallorca, located next to the walled enclosure and in the vicinity of the Plaça Jaume Ques. It is a temple of great patrimonial and devotional relevance within the historic center of the municipality. Its origin is located in the late Middle Ages, with a construction linked to the fourteenth century and the initiative of King James II of Mallorca; the current building also responds to a later reconstruction after the collapse of 1870. Therefore, it combines the Mallorcan Gothic tradition with a nineteenth-century rebuilding of historicist character. Among its outstanding elements are the single wide nave, the ribbed vault, the side chapels between buttresses and the rose window on the façade. Inside it preserves an important baroque altarpiece and a parish museum or museum of sacred art, where historical pieces of interest linked to the religious heritage of Alcúdia are kept. The church is part of the monumental ensemble of the old town, closely linked to the defensive and urban history of Alcúdia. Its location next to the walls reinforces its value as an architectural and symbolic reference of the municipality.