San Juan de Ávila, Alcalá de Henares

Iglesia de San Juan de Ávila
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Parish church
Location
Location	Alcalá de Henares,  Spain
Architecture
Architect(s)	Eladio Dieste
Type	Church

The Church of Saint John of Ávila (Spanish: Iglesia de San Juan de Ávila) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in a modern neighbourhood of Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

The current temple was built in brickwork by Uruguayan engineer-architect Eladio Dieste; the dimensions of walls and roofs are very slim, thanks to reinforced ceramics.^[1][2]

It is dedicated to saint John of Ávila.^[3]

It is interesting to point out that, originally, this church was going to be built in Uruguay (Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malvín); as the economic situation made this impossible, only the apse was built.^[4]

References

1. Structural calculations of San Juan de Ávila (in Spanish)
2. Geometry of San Juan de Ávila (in Spanish)
3. Parish of St. John of Avila (in Spanish)
4. Uruguayan design, built in Spain (in Spanish)

External links

• Parish website (in Spanish)

40.4930°N 3.3769°W / 40.4930; -3.3769