La iglesia de San Millán is a place of worship situated in the San Millán neighborhood of Segovia, Castilla y León. The tower is the oldest part of the temple, corresponding to the century XI and being of mudéjar style. This aspect gives the building a distinctive character within the large number of Romanesque churches in the city, which together with Zamora form the most numerous group in Spain.
The rest of the building is a product of the reform carried out between 1111 and 1126 by Alfonso I during his government in Castilla through his marriage with Doña Urraca, making it one of the oldest churches in the city. Its construction reflects the influence of Aragonese architecture, as it reproduces the floor plan of the cathedral of Jaca on a smaller scale. It is composed of four apses, of which three correspond to the naves and the fourth, a later addition, to the sacristy.
The interior features three wide naves with large columns and capitals. The temple also contains pieces of processional imagery which were donated by the Segovian sculptor Aniceto Marinas and correspond to his homonymous cofradía, which has its canonical seat in the temple.
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