The Parish Church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar y San Lorenzo can be visited in Plaza del Pilar in Valencia. It is an Asset of Cultural Interest and a National Historic-Artistic Monument, which is also known as the Church of El Pilar.

The compound name is due to the fact that in 1903 the parish of San Lorenzo was moved to this church. However, most still refer to it as the Church of the Pillar.

The construction of the Church of El Pilarhas its origin in 1611, when the Dominican monks founded a convent near the hospital of the Poor Innocents. It was not until 1667 that the church was finished and during the eighteenth century a major remodeling was carried out, in order to better adapt it to the Baroque and Rococo style of the time.

In 1964 the convent was finally demolished, so today it is only possible to visit the church. All that remains of the convent is an old room, which is accessible from Plaça del Pilar. It has been attached to the church as the Chapel of the Rosary since the eighteenth century and still maintains parish functions today.

Outside, its wide façade stands out, sober in its general aesthetics, but with an interesting and elaborate access door. It was built in 1730.

The interior of the building stands out visually for the tiles on the plinth of the chapels. Also noteworthy are the iconographic elements of men with fishtails and angels.

The Church of El Pilar has a single nave in basilica plan with four sections, presenting in turn three side chapels between the buttresses and windows on one side.

The presbytery is decorated with frescoes alluding to the Pillar of Zaragoza, as well as Saints San Lorenzo and San Gil.



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