Church of Santa Engracia de Zaragoza
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The Church of Santa Engracia de Zaragoza is a basilica church in
History
The Basilica of Santa Engracia is believed to have been built on the spot where
The abbey was demolished around 1492 when
The monastery church was largely destroyed in the
Pope John Paul II honored the church with the designation of a minor basilica on the occasion of his visit in 1982.
Architecture
The façade was begun around 1511 by Gil Morlanes El Viejo and completed by his son five years later. It was modified between 1754 and 1759 after part of the church collapsed. Part of the façade is all that remains of the monastery church, when the present building was constructed between 1891 and 1899.
The most significant elements of the crypt are the two Early Christian sarcophagi of the fourth century, which were discovered in 1737.
References
- ^ History, Parish of Saint Engratia
- ^ Amadó, Ramón Ruiz. "Saragossa." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 21 October 2017