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Church of San Juan de Sahagún

The church stands on Calle Toro with a Neo-Romanesque façade topped by a tower ending in a pinnacle. In the upper part is a rose window flanked by two reliefs depicting miracles of San Juan de Sahagún: the yellow well and the pacification of the feuding factions; below are seven blind arches and a pointed-arch doorway. The interior, with a central nave in a Latin cross and two side aisles and a polygonal apse, preserves images from vanished Salamanca churches: the martyrs of Santa Eulalia, a carving of San Boal attributed to Alonso Berruguete or his circle, the Virgin and Child of San Boal, and works of the Magdalene, the Virgen del Gran Dolor and Franciscan saints from San Antonio el Real. In the baptismal chapel are kept an Italian painting of Our Lady of Good Counsel and the font of San Mateo, from where the Cristo del Consuelo that presides over the high altar also comes.

Things to do at Church of San Juan de Sahagún: 8 missions

• See the images of the martyrsLook at the images of the martyrs, which come from the old church of Santa Eulalia.
• Take in the Italian painting of Our Lady of Good CounselAdmire in the baptismal chapel the Italian painting of Our Lady of Good Counsel.
• Take in the Christ of ConsolationSee the Christ of Consolation presiding over the church's high altar.
• Take in the polygonal apse in a clear Romanesque styleAdmire the polygonal apse, in clear Romanesque style, at the altar end.
• See the tower topped by a large pinnacleLook at the façade tower, which ends in a large pinnacle.
• Take in the rose window of the façadeSee the rose window at the highest part of the facade.
• See the seven blind arches and the doorway formed by a pointed archLook at the seven blind arches on the lower part and the doorway formed by a pointed arch.
• Examine the sculpted depiction of the miracle of the yellow wellExamine the sculpted representation of the miracle of the yellow well, to the right of the rose window.

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