de Santiago Apostol, San Clemente

The parish church of Santiago Apóstol is a Spanish church of mainly Renaissance style from the 16th century, but also with Gothic elements from its beginning in the 15th century and Baroque contributions in its completion in the 17th century. It is a basilica church with three naves with huge pillars and capitals of volutes, on which rests a remarkable set of star-shaped domes.

It belongs to San Clemente, declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1980, and the church was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1992.

The current work was begun at the foot of the temple by a master builder of Basque origin, Domingo de Mestraitua, but in the mid-16th century the architect Andrés de Vandelvira gave the conditions for a new project. Later, in 1560, the Council of San Clemente commissioned the completion of the works to the master Juan de Orzollo, who introduced important changes. Orzollo raised the three naves to the same height without taking into account what had been built previously, using Ionic columns and tierceron vaults and star-shaped vaults in the transept. However, Vandelvira thought to put Corinthian pillars and close it with vaults and dome in the transept.