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The current religious temple preserves the Gothic nave and the imposing baroque style headboard made by the Genoese artists Giacomo Bertesi and Antonio Aliprandi and what stands out most about its interiors are the vaults decorated by the ceacute ;hound Antonio Palomino in the year 1701. These frescoes represent the Glory of the Holy Trinity, the Book of the Seven Seals with the Lamb, the Immaculate Conception with the Moon at her feet, the Titular saints, the choirs of the Virgins, the Patriarchs, the Doctors and the Angels, saints of the Apocalypse, the fight of Saint Michael with Lucifer and the demons and in predominant place Saint Vincent Ferrer. Unfortunately, and despite the restorations it underwent, In the 19th century by Luis López, these paintings are in a terrible state of conservation due to thefirecaused during theCivil War in the year 1936. The current Main Altarpiece belonged to to the church of Betolaza in Álava and is composed of two bodies of polychrome wood with the images of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Peter and Saint Paul. On the sides are the Saints Juanes, patrons of the church, the work of Octavio Vicent.

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The Real Parroquia de los Santos Juanes, also n called Church of San Juan del Mercado is a religious temple of Gothic style built on the site of an old mosque located on the outskirts of the city that was greatly transformed in the following centuries due to the numerous fires it suffered, the last one occurring during the Spanish Civil War. The temple is Located in the heart of the city, between the Central Market and the Silk Exchange, and has been cataloged as Asset of Cultural Interest and National Historic-Artistic Monument.< /span>

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