Church and Chapel in Parque de San Francisco

Abstract

Almazán is a small community of only 5800 inhabitants located in the Castilian highlands some 30 kilometres south of Soria. The Parque de San Francisco lies to the east of the centre of Almazán, next to a north-south road that separates the periphery from the centre. The level site has an elongated pentagonal form that grows progressively narrower towards the rear. Covered largely with lawn and a few spindly conifers, the Parque is bounded on the north by a row of newly-built white houses, to the south by a similar row of brown houses. In the midst of its urban surroundings, the Parque is so large that it appears like a desolate area. The bullring built nearby only strengthens the impression of a “barren” area left to progress at its own pace.