Bargas

Spacious, harmonious and of correct proportions, it is a work of austere and rectilinear Baroque style, made of Toledo brick, which basically presents the characteristics of the religious architecture directed by the Toledo masters at the service of the Archbishopric during the 17th and 18th centuries. Originally, the church had a single nave, covered with a wooden framework with Mudejar-style braces that ended in a main chapel or apse. The brick tower, the oldest element of the whole complex, is preserved from this period. It is made up of a tall square body, perhaps dating from the end of the 15th century, in which we can see the small windows reminiscent of the Mudejar style, and a bell tower with a 16th century pilaster, topped by a sharp slate spire made in the 18th century. After the work carried out over time, the church now has a Latin cross plan with three naves, the central nave being wider and higher, with its five sections covered by a half-barrel vault with lunettes, while the side naves, unequal in length, have their lower sections closed by vaults, separated by pilaster pillars and semicircular arches, with the choir at the foot of the church. The transept or transept nave is crowned with a lantern that marks the centre of the cross in front of the presbytery and high altar, which is covered by a half-barrel vault. The altar was later ornamented at the front with a Churrigueresque altarpiece painted in fresco, which contrasted with the white plaster of its walls, pilasters and cornices of Doric order, and of which only a fragment is preserved located in one of the side aisles of the temple.

It is a simple, well-preserved building, made of Toledo brick with brickwork caissons, whose interior has a single nave with a chancel, where the image of the Santísimo Cristo de la Sala is located, and has a side room for the internal use of the brotherhood of the Christ. The façade is formed by a small roof over a wooden cornice, which protects a simple lintelled entrance door, above which a rectangular brick window opens and is finished off with a kind of belfry with a single eye and a semicircular arch.

It preserves a large farmhouse whose floor plan shows a clear delimitation of spaces according to the different uses and some very interesting areas, such as the corrals and the wine cellar, now restored and modernised for wine production. It is a magnificent example of the civil architecture of Toledo farmhouses from the end of the 18th century.

It is an urban route with a permanent exhibition of contemporary sculptures, located in the main urban spaces of the town and inside a public building, such as the town hall. It is a project that includes works as significant as the one in the Plaza de la Constitución, by Gustavo Torner, called "la rectitud de las cosas", or the one in the Parque Alberto Sánchez, dedicated to this artist from Bargas. In addition to these sculptures, there is a selection of works from the open-air sculpture competitions called EXCULTURAL, which have been held in the municipality between 2005 and 2010. The intention of the city council was to create a Contemporary Sculpture Promenade that could serve as a cultural framework for the town within its updated model of urban planning, being at the same time a way of bringing the avant-garde artistic movement closer to the citizens.

It crosses the municipality of Bargas from north-east to south-west, running through the entire northern part of the municipality in a slightly meandering fashion and creating a wide valley, while the rest of the territory forms a heavily eroded plateau that flows south to north towards the Guadarrama River by means of countless streams and torrents. On the banks of the river and streams we can find siliceous ash and poplar groves, with small areas of rushes and willow groves. Riverbank vegetation is of significant value as an essential component of the landscape and as a breeding, shelter or roosting area for wildlife. It is the habitat of numerous birds, enhancing the role of biological corridor of the fluvial ecosystems where they settle.

Area with extensive cereal fields north of the Guadarrama river. It also has irrigated land, olive groves and vineyards. The visitor will be able to discover a landscape shaped by man, characteristic of the La Sagra area, where there are still considerable areas of unirrigated crops in an area undergoing continuous urban growth. You will also be able to see wildlife with ease, especially birds of prey, partridges and rabbits.