Church of San Andrés, Cuéllar

The church of San Andrés de Cuéllar is a Catholic temple located in the town of Cuéllar, province of Segovia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. Located outside the walls of the town and in the neighborhood to which it gives its name, during the Middle Ages it was the head of a small suburb that over time merged with the town.

Dating back to the 13th century, although of earlier construction, it was built in stone and brick masonry, over a previous Romanesque ashlar building, of which it conserves a plinth on its main façade, as well as the façade of the same façade and the Gate of San Andrés. Despite the various modifications suffered over time, it currently retains its original layout, reaffirmed with a complete restoration carried out during 1989-1994, after having been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1982.

It is, without any doubt, the best example of Cuellar's Mudejar style and, in the opinion of the architect and historian Vicente Lampérez y Romea, it has the best church plan of this style. It consists of a wide central nave and two smaller naves, with a triple apse decorated with a series of blind semicircular arches, framed windows and friezes of angled brickwork.

Inside, there are several Mudejar frescoes, a door of Muslim-inspired stonework and a large collection of sculpture, including images of the Christ of San Gil, the Virgin of La Rochela and a Byzantine-style Calvary.

Throughout its history it has been one of the most important parishes in the town, and for this reason at the end of the 18th century the parishes of San Martín and San Gil were merged to this one, becoming a single parish. Nowadays it receives weekly worship and is one of the main points of the Holy Week in Cuellar.