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Our Lady of the Assumption Parish
In the center of Lapoblación stands the parish of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, a jewel of proto-Gothic architecture from the 13th century. The church has a wide nave and a pentagonal apse, flanked by niche chapels. Its structure reflects the Cistercian influence, with robust ribs and a gallon vault at the head. The choir, from the 17th century, adds a distinctive touch.
Externally, the parish stands out for its imposing ashlar walls and buttresses, adorned with ornamental elements. The main entrance, from the 13th century, is located on the Epistle side and displays a pointed and flared design with six archivolts on simple capitals. A similar portal is located on the same side.
The interior houses a magnificent altarpiece from 1560, an exponent of the first Navarrese Renaissance. This altarpiece, from Arnao's workshop in Brussels, combines Rioja expressivism with Italian classicism, creating a unique work. It consists of a bench, three sections and an attic, with Renaissance decoration that includes grotesques, mermaids and candelieri motifs. Among the sculptures, the Burial of Christ, the Pietà, and the carvings of the apostles and prophets stand out, with rich golden polychrome.
In addition, the parish has other notable altars, such as that of San Roque, in proto-baroque style, created in 1642 by Jerónimo de Echávarri and Diego Jiménez II. In the sacristy, two images of the Virgin of the Rosary by Juan de Bazcardo, a Saint Sebastian by Diego Jiménez, and a neoclassical silver chalice are preserved.
Civil architecture
Near the parish there is a baroque house with a Rococo coat of arms and the remains of the old medieval Hospital of Santa María, with portals from the 15th century. These portals show Gothic inscriptions that reveal the nature of the building.
the Camino de Santiago
The town was crossed by a secondary branch of the Camino de Santiago. The old Pilgrims' Hospital is preserved with 15th century portals, a medieval refrigerator and remains of a Roman road.Read more
St. Mary's Parish
The original parish of Santa María, from the 1633th century, underwent a significant transformation in the XNUMXth century in the Gothic Renaissance style. The church has a spacious nave, a transept with a star vault and a main chapel with a gallon vault. The walls were reinforced with buttresses and a doorway was built on the Gospel side, protected by a lintel portico on XNUMXth century Tuscan columns. The Herrerian tower, erected in XNUMX by Nicolás de Laoz according to the designs of Brother Nicolás de la Purificación, also dates from this time.
The main altarpiece, in Romanesque style and close to the workshop of Cabredo and Pedro González de San Pedro, is an outstanding work from the end of the 1641th century, embellished by the polychromy of Juan Martínez de Bujanda in 1696. The paintings of San Miguel and San Antón in the triumphal arch are also by Martínez de Bujanda. The twin altarpieces of San Antonio and the Virgin of the Rosary, baroque, were designed by Antonio Martínez between 1697 and XNUMX, with sculptures by Francisco Jiménez, except for that of San Antonio, in the XNUMXth century Rococo style.
From this parish comes a carving of the Virgin of the Rosary, close to the style of Juan Bazcardo, currently in the Diocesan Museum of Pamplona. In the hamlet of Lapoblación, shields from the 18th century are preserved with the arms of the Apellániz and the Solar de Oraá. Next to the church there is an elongated square of irregular shape, delimited by several houses.
