Iglesia de Santo Tomás de Caldas de Reis
Iglesia de Santo Tomas Becket de Caldas de Reis
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Vilagarcía de Arousa
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Caldas de Reis
As Palmeiras,s/n
36650 Caldas de Reis Pontevedra
Spain
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Neo-medieval church dating from the last years of the 19th century and designed by the architect Domingo Rodríguez Sesmero.
This church is dedicated to Saint Thomas of London. It’s the only Galician temple dedicated to this saint archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England (1118-70). He was murdered inside his cathedral, at the foot of the altars, by the courtesans of the king Henry II of England. Thomas Becket had done the Way of Saint James around 1167 and stopped in Caldas. The church dedicated to him was built between the years 1890 and 1894 with the remains of the medieval tower of the Queen Urraca, where the king Alfonso VII of Castile and Leon had been born.
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Caldas de Reis
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Architectural style
Neoclassical
Landscape interest of the surroundings
Elevated
Description of the environment
Urban
Chronology
1890 - 1894
Responsible body
Diócesis de Santiago de Compostela
State of conservation
Good