Carriches
Nuestra Señora de la Encina Hermitage
San Pedro de Antioquía Parish Church
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This locality is located in part of the great Middle Tagus Trench, without any hills, but rather gentle, low hills, which offer a great lithological uniformity. It is worth mentioning the low hills of Palo and Viso that form part of its surroundings, forming a land suitable for cultivated fields and paths that run through these lands so that pilgrims, on their way to Guadalupe, or hikers can comfortably cross this territory that offers the best rural flavour where they can learn about the artisan production of cheeses.
Carriches maintains worthy examples of traditional architecture, from the 19th century, houses, which should be maintained or protected through municipal ordinances, as they provide a certain environmental quality to the municipality. This village was founded in the 16th century as a small settlement of farmers and nowadays, despite being a small town, it preserves its authentic flavour and popular architecture, which gives it an eminently rural character where the visitor can enjoy the peace and quiet, together with the traditions and village life.
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Of Mudejar Renaissance stylistic affiliation, it dates from the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century. In 1576 there is already a parish church dedicated to the chair of St. Peter. This parish church must have been built in the Toledan Mudejar style, and it was in the 16th century when its ground plan was redesigned, as we know it today, with three naves and a polygonal apse. The central nave has three semicircular arches on each side supported by octagonal pillars typical of Toledo. All the arches and pillars are made of brickwork, matching these arches. The nave opens onto the chancel through a single semicircular arch of greater height. It preserves the remains of a primitive coffered ceiling, such as the braces resting on corbels. The polygonal chancel is covered with a wooden roof. On the outside, there are walls of Toledan masonry and buttresses. The bell tower is located at the foot of the nave, in the central axis of the main nave.
It dates from around the 18th century. It is located next to the cemetery, in an old holm oak grove. It has a single nave and a rectangular floor plan without apse. Access is through a semicircular arched doorway in the gable at the foot of the church. It has a bell tower with a single opening crowned by a triangular pediment. It still conserves a magnificent baseboard of Talavera tiles in groin and flat technique in the same piece with plant motifs, dating from the mid-16th century. The carving of the Virgin is from the 18th century.
