Úbeda - El Salvador

The finest building in Úbeda's Plaza de Vázquez Molina is the Renaissance church of El Salvador on the northeast side, built in the first half of the 16th century to the design of Diego de Siloé and Andrés de Vandelvira. The west front with its rich sculptural decoration is flanked by two low round towers. The large semicircular Capilla Mayor with a high dome, of impressive size even from outside, is closed by a superb choir screen and has a retablo with a carved "Transfiguration" by Alonso Berruguete. The sacristy, by Vandelvira, is equally magnificent.