La Milagrosa Church, Madrid, Spain

The Church of La Milagrosa was built between 1900 and 1904 under the architects Juan Bautista Lázaro de Diego and Narciso Clavería y de Palacios. The architecture is eclectic, exhibiting Neo-Mudéjar features on the exterior and mainly Neo-Gothic features in the interior.

The exterior has Neo-Mudéjar features, while the inside is predominately Neo-Gothic. The church covers 900 square metres. The facade has two towers, one on each side, each with a square base and an octagonal steeple. In the past it had a mosaic by Daniel Zuloaga.

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