Longares

The dominant monument in Longares is the church of Santa Teresa, a hall church whose construction stretched from 1526 to 1664. It is built mostly in brick, left exposed on the outside and plastered within. Three naves of equal height but different widths create a broad, open interior, and all three are covered with stellar ribbed vaults. The east end is triple and straight, following the same vaulting scheme as the rest of the building. A raised choir sits at the west end.

The exterior is plain for the most part, relieved by a upper-level arcade of doubled semicircular arches running along the façade, and by two doorways flanking the tower and opening into the side naves.

The tower itself predates the church and is square in plan. Inside, six rooms are stacked one above the other, each connected to the next through an opening in the corner of its pointed barrel vault. Outside, the tower reads as three bodies topped by a terrace. Mudéjar decoration concentrates in the belfry stage, where patterns of projecting brick are combined with ceramic tiles. The building is in generally good condition.