Iglesia Parroquial Virgen de la Estrella

Plaza Constitucion, s/n,. 23612, Santiago de Calatrava How to get

Built in 1723 and rebuilt in 1940, it has a single box nave. On the outside, the temple presents a clear volumetric geometry that emphasizes the quadrangular structure and the central axis. Its masonry stone rig is neat and the set shows a severe packaging. The main portal is stylized in relation to the façade wall, with a landscape layout: it opens with a semicircular arch, framed by listels and pilasters, and culminates in a split triangular pediment.

On the sides, two circular flared windows with multi-lobed perimeters embellish the façade, culminating in a running molding that leads to the eaves. At the foot of the temple a vertical body is highlighted culminating in a belfry, which stands out in height over the whole of the church, and is articulated in two bodies for bells: the first with two openings with semicircular arches and the second with an opening crowned by a small pediment with a cross at its vertex.

In the lower part, a small door with large voussoirs and an axis with it a banked semicircular arch window, verticalize and mark the symmetry of this body. It is located in a small and charming square, the Plaza de la Constitución, high above the surroundings, defined on the outside by a market with stone pillars topped with balls and joined by a wrought iron railing. Making a chamfer, on the outside, there is a charming stone fountain with the insignia of the Calatrava order and broken and mixtilinear moldings to the baroque taste crowning it.