{"id":6382,"date":"2021-08-20T00:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/church-of-the-pasion-church-of-san-juan-de-letran-convent-of-the-agustinos-filipinos\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:28:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:28:14","slug":"church-of-the-pasion-church-of-san-juan-de-letran-convent-of-the-agustinos-filipinos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/territories\/urban-routes\/valladolid\/church-of-the-pasion-church-of-san-juan-de-letran-convent-of-the-agustinos-filipinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of the Pasi\u00f3n, Church of San Juan de Letr\u00e1n, Convent of the Agustinos Filipinos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Church of the Pasi\u00f3n, Church of San Juan de Letr\u00e1n, Convent of the Agustinos Filipinos <\/h1>\n
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\"IglesiaTraces of Baroque taste and art are identifiable even in the fa\u00e7ades of some important religious buildings in the city. Located a few metres from the Plaza Mayor<\/a><\/em>, the Church of the Cofrad\u00eda Penitencial de la Sagrada Pasi\u00f3n de Cristo<\/em> (Confraternity of the Sacred Passion of Christ), more simply known as the Church of the Pasi\u00f3n<\/em>, was built in the late sixteenth century. The cofrad\u00eda<\/a><\/em> (confraternity), composed largely of artists, sculptors and painters, however, decided to enhance the appearance of the church during the seventeenth century, entrusting Felipe Berrojo de la Isla iwith the indoor decoration and ordering the construction of a new stone fa\u00e7ade, in Baroque style, which was concluded in 1672.<\/p>\n

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\"SanEven the Church of San Juan de Letr\u00e1n<\/em> (Saint John Lateran) is famous for its Baroque fa\u00e7ade. The construction of the church began in 1675, but lasted for decades. The main facade, facing the Parque del Campo Grande<\/em>, in fact, was built around 1730, according to the draft by Mat\u00edas Machuca, one of the leading exponents of Baroque in the city. The alternation of convex and concave surfaces gives great mobility to the whole, which is divided into two wings, cylindrical, and a central body. The latter is spread over two floors, the centre of which dominate the portal on the floor below, and Spain’s royal coat of arms (a tribute to the royal patronage of the church) is in the upper one. On the top, a small temple houses the statue of Saint John the Baptist, flanked by representations of the Faith and Charity in women’s clothes.<\/p>\n

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\"AgustinosNext to the Church of San Juan de Letran<\/em> one can admire the convent of the Agustinos Filipinos<\/em>, built starting in 1759 according to a design by the famous architect Ventura Rodr\u00edguezTiz\u00f3n Buenaventura Rodr\u00edguez, better known as Ventura Rodr\u00edguez (1717-1785) is regarded as the last Spanish Baroque architect, although his production already had elements typical of Neoclassicism. Among his works are the inside of the Monastery of the Encarnaci\u00f3n<\/em> (Incarnation), the exterior of the Palace of Liria and the design of the fountain of Cibeles in Madrid, the fa\u00e7ade of the convent of the Agustinos Filipinos<\/em> in Valladolid and the Santa Capilla<\/em> of the Basilica of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora del Pilar<\/em> (Our Lady of Pilar) in Zaragoza.<\/span><\/a>. The structure began as a seminary which formed the Augustinian fathers<\/a> to be sent as missionaries to the Philippines, according to a plan approved by Clement XII<\/a> and placed under the patronage of King Philip V<\/a>. The structure and appearance of the building are typical of the art of Ventura Rodr\u00edguez, midway between Baroque and Neoclassicism, although the construction of the monastery was completed well 171 years after the start of the work, in 1930. In the interior there are paintings and sculptures created between the sixteenth and the twentieth century. The building also houses the Museo oriental<\/em> (Oriental Museum), the most important of its kind in Spain.<\/p>\n

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