San Miguel Church

Located in the Plaza Mayor next to the Town Hall, it is a Romanesque church dating from the twelfth century and whose location reveals its historical importance in the town, being in the center of town. It has a cylindrical apse with foliated capitals and corbels, supporting its braided cornice. Its door is a beauty endowed with Byzantine, ziszás and checkered rosettes. On the other hand, its belfry has two buttresses built in 1710 and its bells have been silent for a long time. The altarpieces and paintings have disappeared, but not the recumbent statues of D. Pedro Gutiérrez de César and his wife, Secretaries of the Marquises of Villena. It was the last church to join Santa María la Mayor, having been deconsecrated in 1902 and then built an exterior building that served as the parish priest's house and prevented its exterior beauty from being appreciated until the end of the last century when all the construction was removed. Nowadays, concerts, exhibitions, theatrical performances and the Tourist Office are held inside during the summer season (May-October).