San Pablo Church
| Iglesia conventual de San Pablo St. Paul's Convent church |
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Façade of the church.
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| Basic information | |
| Location |
 Valladolid, Province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
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| Geographic coordinates | 41°39′25″N 4°43′28″W / 41.6570°N 4.7245°WCoordinates: 41°39′25″N 4°43′28″W / 41.6570°N 4.7245°W |
| District | Valladolid |
| Country | Spain |
| Status | Active |
| Website | Official Web |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural style |
Isabelline Gothic (Gothic), Plateresque (Renaissance) |
| Completed | 1445-1616 |
| Direction of façade | Southwest |
| Official name: Iglesia conventual de San Pablo | |
| Type | Monument |
| Designated | 03-06-1931 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0000983 |
The Iglesia conventual de San Pablo or San Pablo de Valladolid is a church and former convent, of Isabelline style, in the city of Valladolid, in Castile and León, Spain. The church was commissioned by Cardinal Juan de Torquemada between 1445 and 1468. It was subsequently extended and refurbished until 1616. Kings Philip II and Philip IV of Spain were baptized in the church, and it was visited by Napoleon. It is one of the buildings considered most emblematic of the city.
The church construction was commissioned by Cardinal Torquemada to replace a previous church, which had a timber ceiling and was adjacent to a Dominican convent that had been founded in 1270. After Torquemada's death, bishop Alonso de Burgos funded the building of the cloister, refectory, and lower façade, as well as of the adjacent Colegio de San Gregorio with its funerary chapel. Artists who worked to the church in this period include the Spanish-Flemish Juan Guas and Simón de Colonia. Around 1550, Cardinal Juan Garcia Loaysa, confessor of the emperor Charles V, built the sacristy, covered with a dome decorated by stars, coat of arms of the order and figures of Dominican saints. The nave features rib vaults, supported by corbels in Renaissance style, added around 1540.
After the capital of the Kingdom of Spain was moved from Valladolid to Madrid, the church came under the patronage of the Duke of Lerma, who had its façade renovated and added numerous artworks in the interior. In 1613–1616 Juan de Nates, following a design by Francisco de Mora, executed the patronal tribune, and the Doric gate of the sacristy.
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