SAN MIGUEL MARKET AND SURROUNDINGS, Basilica Of S. Miguel Exterior

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  • Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
  • Language: English / USA

Hi, I'm Alyson, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll lead you through the Pontifical Basilica of San Miguel. San Miguel is one of the most fascinating baroque churches in Madrid!

To fully appreciate its ingenious external structure designed by the Italian architect Giacomo Bonavia, I suggest sitting on one of the granite blocks located near the entrance of the municipal library, with the statue of the "Reader". From this strategic viewpoint you can tranquilly observe the Baroque basilica with its bulging facade, which is one of the many solutions the architect adopted to give the smaller-sized religious building more impetus and majesty while squeezed in between other buildings in a rather limited amount of urban space.

This baroque temple in the heart of Madrid was built over a seven-year period in the mid 1700s. In addition to the facade's characteristic convex shape, another particular architectural element are its two bell towers with bulbous tips....

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