ABSTRACT

The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción at Vistabella del Maestrazgo (Castellón, Spain) (fig. 1), a monumental temple built during the 17th century, was a compulsory last stop for the pilgrims going to the famous sanctuary of San Juan de la Peñagolosa (Fernández 1995). The church with its three naves has a bell tower thirty meters high that is located at the foot of the church, over the first vault of the right hand nave, supported at the corner of the South and West walls of the church and the inside first buttress of the lateral nave (fig. 2).