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Iglesia Arciprestal de Santa María

Monuments ( Albaida )

A spectacular religious building in the Valencian gothic style, built between 1592 and 1621, and restored in 1830. Its most notable feature is its extremely tall, flamboyant square belltower, which was used as a watchtower until a capstone was added in the mid-19th century. The current church was built to replace the old church of Our Lady of the Assumption, constructed in the 13th century. It has a single nave with chapels between buttresses. There is a set of oil paintings by J. Segrelles in the 12th century high altar. This local painter was also responsible for the painting showing religious scenes that can be found between the arches of the chapels and the cornice of the nave, as well as the paintings located in the adjacent 19th century Royal Chapel of the Communion.