San Patricio Collegiate church - murcia car hire

One of the outstanding examples of Murcian Renaissance architecture is the San Patricio Collegiate church in Lorca, conceived at first as a cathedral in 1533.

Its dedication is related to San Patricio being the saint of the day when Lorcan troops defeated the Islamic armies at the crucial battle of Los Alporchones. Although the church was not concluded until the XVIII century, in an early baroque style, its plan and works belong to Jeronimo Quijano.

The great forerunner of the Renaissance period in Murcia.