Análisis arquitectónico y constructivo de la techumbre en madera policromada de la iglesia de San Antonio Abad de Valencia como pervivencia de la arquitectura tardogótica mediterránea en la Valencia del siglo XV.


World Heritage Site: Mudejar Architecture of Aragon

Publication Year: 2016

Publication Type: Dissertation

Publication Identifier: WHEE807430078

Summary

A rare survival of late medieval craftsmanship, the polychrome wooden roof of San Antonio Abad Church in Valencia has been revealed as a masterful example of Gothic Mudejar architecture from 15th-century Valencia. This study deciphers its construction techniques and material evolution, tracing its origins to 1409–1446 under Alfonso V the Magnanimous and surviving intact until 1987 despite neoclassical transformations in 1765–1768. Through detailed analysis of the roof's structure, pigments, and joinery—including the preservation of heraldic elements—the research reconstructs its historical behavior, sheds light on Mudejar adaptation to Mediterranean Gothic forms, and underscores its significance as an almost unknown heritage site within Valencia's medieval urban fabric.

Citation

BLANCO GÓMEZ, P. R. Análisis arquitectónico y constructivo de la techumbre en madera policromada de la iglesia de San Antonio Abad de Valencia como pervivencia de la arquitectura tardogótica mediterránea en la Valencia del siglo XV. https://doi.org/10.4995/thesis/10251/61466

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