Zamora information
Monuments
Church of Santa Mara la Nueva
Opening hours:
Summer: 10:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00. Closed on Mondays.
Winter: Friday and Saturday: 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:30 to 18:30.
Sundays: 10:00 to 14:00.
After the fire of 1168 during the Motín de la Trucha, the
church needed to be rebuilt. The apse and some parts of the wall
from the 11th century are preserved. Out of the three naves of
the original building he did one.Separated from the apse by a
pointed toral pointed arch. Outstanding inside the church is its
font with Biblical motifs sculptured on its exterior (christening
of Christ, Apostles, and Prophets). The "Cristo Yacente"
(the Laying Christ) by Francisco Fermín from the school
of Gregorio Fernández. A carving from the 17th century
highly valued by the Zamorians, and to whom the Easter festivities
are dedicated.
Church of Santiago del Burgo
Opening hours:
Summer: 10:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00. Closed on Mondays.
Winter: Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:30
to 18:30. Sundays: 10:00 to 14:00.
It has a basilica plan with three naves in four sections and triple
rectangular sanctuary. This church was built in the 12th century
with three symmetric doors. The South façade is the most
relevant with two twin arches joined in a hanging corbel. Over
the door there is a rose window with double lattice that forms
6 hexagons around a circle. Two different styles can be distinguished
in its columns: on the one hand Corinthian and on the other decoration
with fantastic animals, overelaborate, and plants.
Church of the Horta
Opening hours:
Summer, 10:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00. Closed on Mondays.
Winter: Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:30
to 18:30. Sundays: 10:00 to 14:00.
This church is from the 12th century and has one nave with three
sections and another one, straighter than the rest, that joins
with the semicircular apse.On the South facade there is another
nave with chapels that serve as portico. There is a tower in the
gable of the church and a simple door with a semicircular arch.The
vault of the two floors are cannon.Outstanding inside is a 16th
century reredo where the influence of Berruguete is quite clear
and the paintings of Lorenzo de Ávila (from the Rafael
school).
Church of La Magdalena
Opening hours:
Summer: 10:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 20:00. Closed on Mondays.
Winter: Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:30
to 18:30. Sundays: 10:00 to 14:00.
This temple belongs to the Order of San Juan. It is a 11th century
church with rectangular floor plan united to the apse for a straight
section.Of note on the main front is the lobe Rose window decorated
with diamond points. On the upper portion is the door with four
pairs of columns.Its capitals depict fantastic creatures. Inside
there are two encrusted tabernacles on the front angles of the
nave with barrel arch roof. The most striking is the sarcophagus
of an unknown lady in which some angels appear to be taking away
her soul.
Church of San Claudio de Olivares
Opening hours:
Summer: 10:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 20:00. Closed on Mondays.
Winter: Friday and Saturday: 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:30 to 18:30.
Sundays: 10:00 to 14:00.
San Claudio de Olivares is one of the oldest Romanesque temples
in Zamora. Built in the 12th century on one floor with one rectangular
nave. Its sanctuary has blind arches with mytholytic decorated
capitals. On the main façade, the archivolts are sculpted
with an agricultural calendar that represents the tasks of each
month.
Iglesia de San Juan de Puerta Nueva
Opening hours:
Summer: 10:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 20:00. Closed on Mondays.
Winter: Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:30 to 18:30.
Sundays: 10:00 to 14:00.
Only one nave remains of the three of this 12th century church.
Three chapels are still preserved. It also lost its roof and tower
during the 16th century. The South façade has a main front
with two slender columns and three, semicircular archivolts. Outstanding
inside is the main reredo of the 16th century dedicated to Saint
John the Baptist (from the Juni school), and the reredo of the
Virgen de la Consolación, work of Ruiz de Zumeta.
Source: Web server of Instituto de Turismo de España, TURESPAÑA.