Ruinas de la Iglesia de San Pantaleón - CXIII to XIX - Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha, España
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 40° 04.743 W 002° 07.770
30T E 574219 N 4436893
Construction phases of the church
Waymark Code: WM19XV8
Location: Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Date Posted: 05/05/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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In this informative panel, we can see the four phases through which this church, now in ruins, went through.

ES: "
FASE I (construcción en el último tercio del S. XIII): Es posible que el origen del templo esté relacionado con el abatimiento hacia 1270 de un ábside hallado a los pies de la Catedral para la construcción de las naves de ésta. La más antigua mención al edificio lo denomina “San Juan del Hospital” y es una donación fechada en 1355. Era entonces una iglesia de triple cabecera plana y tres naves, separadas por pilares que sostenían arcos apuntados. Los muros de cierre se solucionaban en mampostería, reservándose la sillería escuadrada para la portada. Disponía de tres puertas, lo cual sugiere que su fachada se organizaría en dos cuerpos, marcando el más alto la nave central y rematando en un tejado a dos aguas. Aún se conserva el arco de la entrada principal, que desplegaba arquivoltas apuntadas sostenidas por columnas adosadas.
Aquí se observa aún un fino capitel historiado de tema caballeresco.

FASE II (reducción del templo entre finales del S. XV y principios del S. XVI): La proximidad de parroquias como San Nicolás o la propia Catedral, junto la presión de los palacios circundantes, ávidos de metros de solar, hicieron que se abatieran los muros laterales del edificio original. El antiguo templo de la orden del Hospital se redujo a la ermita de una sola nave, llamada en las fuentes del siglo XVI “San Juan Bautista”. La cabecera se reformó añadiendo el actual vano de medio punto que se aprecia en el muro del Este.

FASE III (reformas del S. XVIII): Se trata de pequeñas obras de acondicionamiento detectadas en los muros laterales de la cabecera, concretamente los nichos solucionados en jambas y arcos de medio punto de ladrillo. Las dimensiones de éstos coinciden con
las medidas que se disponían en el S. XVIII. En esta época se denomina al templo ”San Juan de Letrán”.

FASE IV (contemporánea). Abarca desde 1874, año en el que tenemos constancia que se desmantela parte de la iglesia para construir barricadas durante a Tercera Guerra Carlista, hasta la colocación del monumento de Federico Muelas, fechado en 1998. El templo se denominaba “San Pantaleón”. "

EN: "
- PHASE I (construction in the last third of the 13th century): It is possible that the origin of the temple is related to the demolition around 1270 of an apse found at the foot of the Cathedral for the construction of its naves. The oldest mention of the building is called "San Juan del Hospital" and is a donation dated 1355. It was then a church with a triple flat chevet and three naves, separated by pillars supporting pointed arches. The closing walls were made of masonry, reserving the squared ashlar for the doorway. It had three doors, which suggests that its façade was organized in two sections, the highest of which marked the central nave and ended in a gabled roof. The arch of the main entrance, with pointed archivolts supported by attached columns, is still preserved.
Here one can still observe a fine historiated capital with a chivalrous theme.

PHASE II (reduction of the temple between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century): The proximity of parishes such as San Nicolás or the Cathedral itself, together with the pressure of the surrounding palaces, eager for meters of land, caused the lateral walls of the original building to be lowered. The old temple of the Order of the Hospital was reduced to a hermitage with a single nave, called "San Juan Bautista" in the sources of the 16th century. The chancel was reformed by adding the current semicircular opening that can be seen in the east wall.

PHASE III (reforms of the XVIII century): It is a question of small works of conditioning detected in the lateral walls of the head, concretely the niches solved in jambs and arches of half point of brick. The dimensions of these coincide with
the dimensions that were available in the 18th century. At this time the temple is called "San Juan de Letrán".

PHASE IV (contemporary). It covers from 1874, year in which we have evidence that part of the church is dismantled to build barricades during the Third Carlist War, until the placement of the monument of Federico Muelas, dated in 1998. The temple was called "San Pantaleón". "
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