Sitges Iconic Church – Iglesia de San Bartolomé y Santa Tecla

Sitges September 19, 2015

The Church

Parish of the city of Sitges
On a hill that dominates the coast & town
Site of 2 previous churches (one Romanesque and one Gothic from 1322)
Construction began in 1665 (17th century)
Finished & blessed on July 18th, 1672
More works 1854 and 1856 (19th Century)
Bells and watch the tower 1868
Blessed Sacrament chapel & second tower 1868 (octagonal reformed)
Contains several altarpieces:
- ‘Center of the Renaissance’ altarpiece (1499) of St. Bartholomew and Santa Tecla
  (central del retablo renacentista), designed by the Neapolitan painter Nicolás de Credença. (represents the patron saints of the town
- The Renaissance ‘Roser’ altarpiece
- ‘Baroque’ altarpiece
Two Gothic tombs dated 1317 and 1322 (under the choir)
With remains of: Bernardo de Fonollar, Galceran de Ribes and Galcerán de Pacs
Baptistery and side chapel, paintings of the Virgin of Montserrat (Pere Pruna)
1950 and 1951, the architect Francesc Folguera performed works on the dome and the altar
‘The Ecce Homo’ Chapel
‘La Del Santísimo’ Chapel ‘the Blessed’
With modern paintings by ‘Darius Vilàs’, who also painted the Chancel
(space around the altar : presbiterio) Commissioned by American philanthropist ‘Charles Deering’
Sacristy leads to the chapel of ‘Our Lady of Sorrows’