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63. Vera Cruz Church (Iglesia de la Vera Cruz)

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13th century. Although traditionally considered a Templar church, its construction has been attributed to the Holy Sepulchre Order. With a dodecagonal plant that surrounds the central structure, it has three apses. The church was inspired by the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem. A tower and a fourth apse were added later. It contains fragments of mural paintings. The building kept for centuries a relic of the Lignum Crucis, a wooden fragment from the cross were Jesus died. It currently belongs to the Order of Malta.

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