Chinchon

Building began in 1534 as a chapel adjoining the count's palace with a project of Gothic architecture , from the hands of Alonso de Covarrubias, and was completed in 1626 , having spent 48 years stops works, with the collaboration of heritage County Chinchon . This is because only the Counts of Chinchon finance the church with three conditions, namely : have a privileged view of the Mass, the county exhibit shields on the main facade and be buried all the counts in the church ( below altar is where they are buried because this is the privileged place of the church ) and even past 48 years not agreed . Diego Fernandez de Cabrera y Bobadilla , third Earl of Chinchon and Butler Philip II and his Council of State, for completion hired the best teachers who had worked in El Escorial. In 1808 French troops burned the church, which was restored 20 years later.Because of the revolution of May 2 was killed in the Plaza Mayor 2 French ( next to the call column " French " ) and a nearby unit of the French army camping in Aranjuez retaliated killing 86 people Chinchon and burning the buildings with greater historical and spiritual value. The present church is a reconstruction that combines gothic, plateresco , Renaissance and Baroque styles . Notably , in the center of the main altar , the magnificent painting of the Assumption of the Virgin painted around 1812 by the hand of Francisco de Goya commissioned by his brother Camilo , chaplain of the Counts .

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