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Basílica de Santa María de la Asunción
Native name
Spanish: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María
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Location Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
Official name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1931
Reference no. RI-51-0000504

The Basílica de Santa María de la Asunción is a church in Arcos de la Frontera, Andalusia, in southern Spain. It was built in the 15th-16th century. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931.

History of this church site dates back to the 8th and 9th centuries. It was built on the remains of a former Moorish mosque. The main facade is in Gothic-Plateresque architectural style with the neoclassical tower being the newest addition.

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