The Bell Tower
The bell tower, built between 1521 and 1791, stands 90 meters tall (95 meters with the weathervane). Is the tallest campanile in Spain. It ascends in five stages of different widths. The tower also combines a melange of styles.
- The first stage, made by Francisco and Jacobo Florentino, has a square plant with Renaissance style and ornamentation influenced by the Hispanic Plateresque.
- The second body, made by Jerónimo Quijano, has the same style but it is more purist.
- The third floor, with Baroque style, has the body with Rococó style and the cupola, drawn up by Ventura Rodríguez, with Neoclassic style.
- In the fourth floor, there are four conjuratories. Located in each corner, special ceremonies were conducted in them by priests to ward off storms by means of the Lignum Crucis.
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