Colegiata de San Patricio

This stately and beautiful gem of a church presides in golden-stone majesty over Lorca's lovely central square. The sober and handsome triple-tiered baroque facade conceals a lofty, bare triple-naved Renaissance interior with some fine altar paintings. It was heavily damaged in the civil war and 2011 earthquake; the latter disaster's silver lining was the discovery of previously unknown wall paintings and crypts. Buy tickets in the adjacent tourist office; last visit is 30 minutes before closing.

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