A privileged place in our history
The disappeared Romanesque church of San Miguel was in the middle of the current Plaza Mayor and its first documentary reference is from November 1, 1117. This Church was located in what was the political, religious, administrative center and polarized the citizen activity of Segovia. In its atrium or portico the Council or City Council of the city met and on Tuesday, December 13, 1474, Isabel was proclaimed as Queen of Castile in the atrium of the church of San Miguel. Historical event of the first importance that forever marked the future of Spain and the world.
On February 26, 1532, San Miguel sank. The current temple would be built in the same sixteenth century using materials from the old church. It is surprising that, in the middle of the construction campaign of the most important temple in the Diocese, such as the Cathedral, the parishioners of the San Miguel parish decided to build, on one of the sides of the Plaza Mayor and very close to the Cathedral, a new church after the collapse. Its architecture responds to the last Gothic period and it is believed the authorship of the circle of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, master builder of the new Cathedral of Segovia.
The entire Church of San Miguel and its baroque chapel of Our Lady of Peace, perhaps the most significant in the city of Segovia, the Slavery Room of the Blessed Sacrament that arises from the great devotion of the faithful to the Blessed Sacrament in the parish of San Miguel and undoubtedly associated with the brotherhood of La Minerva. La Minerva, a brotherhood founded in 1562 with the Bull of Pope Paul III. Paulo II instituted in Rome in the church of Santa Maria of that city a brotherhood whose title was Supra Minerva. Years later and due to the great zeal and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament among the residents of San Miguel, the Bull was requested and granted by Pope Paul III in 1562.
It is a unique and majestic temple, both in its artistic and architectural aspect and that keeps witnesses of the old Romanesque Church. It was made by Gil de Hontañón's surroundings at the same time as the Cathedral and proof of this are its magnificent vaults similar to those of the Seo.
From a historical point of view, among many other milestones, one of its most important endorsements is:
Proclamation of Isabel I as Queen of Castile (Isabel la Católica).
