artistic patrimony

The Old Town

The layout of the Old Town of Moya has been conditioned by the fact that most of the area's inhabitants have traditionally been farmers. This can be clearly seen in the positioning of buildings along the main road, which connected estates, hamlets and villages, and which subsequently became the town's main street. The road acted as a focal point, with agricultural holdings running alongside; a number of secondary streets were gradually added, running at right angles to the main road.

Balcony

 

 

Architectonic Ornamentación

 

 
Architecture of the water

 

Church

Tomás Morales (1884 - 1921)



Sculpture in Moya

The church of Our Lady of Candelaria housed a large number of artistic treasures, but many were lost when work began on the new church. Examples of lost treasures include a much-venerated Painting of the Souls and a number of religious artefacts (such as a float used to carry the figure of the Virgin of the Rosary in religious processions, made by Francisco Hernández in 1654).

However, the church still houses a group of sculptures of historical and artistic interest which reflect its former glory and the donations made to the parish in times gone by. These include the effigy of Candelaria, one of the patron saints of the church, which has undergone a series of amputations and subsequent repairs and presides the church. The other patron saint is St Jude Thaddeus, whose statue was first included in the church inventory in 1732. There is no information available about this first figure, but it was replaced in 1803 by the statue currently on show, made by José Luján Pérez.

The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe is the oldest in the church. It is believed to have been the subject of religious worship in the first Doramas hermitage. It is the most significant piece of sculpture in Moya.

Lastly, we should also name the representation of Joseph and the Child. Although it is an anonymous piece, it is certainly of a standard comparable to the mid 18th century statues of the Canary Islands .