San Miguel Church
Alquézar
POI

At one end of the town is the parish church of San Miguel Arcángel. On a previous temple, which was demolished, the construction of the present one was begun in 1681 and finished in 1708. It is a work of popular character in which the robustness and sobriety of the exterior is striking, as well as the harmonious play of volumes and roofs, which makes it difficult to guess that it is a baroque building. On the contrary, the interior of the nave covered with a barrel vault and lunettes does conform to this artistic style. Almost all of the altarpieces and other liturgical objects were destroyed in the Spanish Civil War, which explains the scarce interior decoration. Only the upper part of the great baroque altarpiece was preserved.

