The Iglesia de Santa Engracia is a Catholic building dedicated to Santa Engracia in the town of Olmos de Peñafiel, in the province of Valladolid, community of Castilla y León. It received the designation of a good of cultural interest on April 2, 2009.
The parish building was built in the 16th century, on a structure, with its current image being the result of numerous reforms in the 18th and 19th centuries. It consists of a single nave of three tracts covered with plasterwork in 1772.
The transept is covered with a 16th-century cross-vault with tercelets. A semi-circular triumphal arch gives access to the main chapel, with a oven vault with decoration in the form of a shell or venera. It was rebuilt in 1573, being the master mason Pedro de la Torre de Buegas.
On the Epistle side, the access door opens through a pointed arch. The tower, located at the foot, is of a single body, with a bell tower at the top, and was made in 1813 by the master builder Antonio Escudero.
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Written by Nik Frost
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