Iglesia de Santiago y San Ginés de Arlés

The Church of Santiago and San Ginés de Arlés is the parish church of Miranda del Castañar, in the province of Salamanca, in the Sierra de Francia. It is a religious temple linked to the medieval historic center of the town and located in the surroundings of the monumental complex of the town. The sources consulted place it as a work of Gothic origin built between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with later reforms. Its typology is that of a parish church, although in tourist inventories it also appears generically as a hermitage/heritage resource. The dominant style is Gothic, with the presence of Mudejar elements and later additions. Among its most outstanding features are a simple floor plan with a rectangular nave and a lateral portico supported by columns. Also mentioned is a bell tower or belfry linked to the temple, as well as a small museum inside, which reinforces its value as a piece of interpretation of the local heritage. The building is part of the historical landscape of Miranda del Castañar, a town declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1973, where the church dialogues with the castle, the wall and the rest of the traditional mountain architecture.