La Judería del Buen ViajeCHURCH OF SAN BARTOLOMÉ
It is considered that the original church of San Bartolomé, known as San Bartolomé, El Viejo, was located in the place now occupied by the Salesian convent of the Visitation, in the Plaza de las Mercedarias, (former palace of the Marquis of Villanueva del Fresno) , coexisting in time with the Jewish synagogue.
With the beginning of the expulsion of the Jews, the church moves to the synagogue, in which the appropriate works of adaptation to its new use are carried out.
In 1779, the old synagogue was demolished, due to the state of ruin that the property presented. A new temple was built between 1780 and 1796, according to plans by José Echamorro or Antonio Matías de Figueroa (controversy exists at this point), which was consecrated between 1,800 and 1,806.
This exterior of the temple is very simple, and it highlights the main portal and the tower, both located on the wall of the Gospel. They respond to the classicist models of the late eighteenth century, with the use of Tuscan pilasters. On the square body of the tower there is a body of bells with alternating columns and pilasters, lacking in auction, something rare among the towers of the city.
