The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Spanish: Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) is a church and parish in Meco, Spain. The church was added to the Bien de Interés Cultural registry in 1982. History The church is thought to have existed before 1487, and part of the present church is known to have existed in 1568. Ambrosio de Morales recounts the arrival of the relics of Santos Justo y Pastor on their journey from Huesca to Alcalá de Henares. Some sources date the church's founding to 1548. Cantabrian architect Juan Ribero designed it from its conception to its completion before his death in 1598, and installed the tiles in the main chapel. Architecture There is a clear influence from Diego de Siloe on Ribero's plant, columns and cover style, evident in de Siloe's 1528 Granada Cathedral. Ribero's church features Gothic columns and ribbed vaults. The rectangular floor plan is divided into three parts (naves) of equal height, with the central nave wider than the surrounding two. The naves are separated by thick columns, topped with classical cornices and capitals. On them rest the late-Gothic roof ribs, with liernes over the aisles. The first four sections of the church are stone. The dome and altar are brick, with limestone trim at the corners. There are four buttresses on each side. The 18th-century section of the dome was designed by Teodoro Ardemans, chief architect of Philip V. The cupola was built by Feliciano, Julian and Casimiro Cornejo, who built churches near Madrid, Toledo and Guadalajara in the second half of 18th century. Interior of the Temple Next to the current input are two pools brief renaissance on Ionic pillars. The right aisle is dominated by the altarpiece of Santa Rita, baroque gilded Corinthian columns that flank it. Eight angels in various attitudes are at the top center space. On the altar, a painting depicting St. oval Pastor. On one side of the nave is the altar chapel dedicated to the Virgen del Carmen, with a gate of the 17th century and neoclassical altarpiece. The Chapel, dedicated to the patron of the temple has a beautiful gilded altarpiece restored in the first decade of the century. The image of the Virgin, who occupied the center, and some angels disappeared because, at the beginning of Spanish Civil War (1936–39), suffered the ravages of people from the Popular Front government side.