The church of San Martín, in the Plaza del Corrillo, was built on a hermitage dedicated to San Pedro in the 12th century, specifically in the year 1103 on the initiative of Count Martín Fernández, in the Toresanos neighbourhood.
For more historical artistic signs, this Romanesque temple It is the most interesting after the old cathedral. And its Baroque windows bleed. They really bleed, because it is incredible that they let its structure fall apart, that delivery trucks crash into it. The church of San Martín and the entire monumental complex is not only for Salamanca and its people, it is a World Heritage Site. We Salamancans have the privilege of seeing its monuments every day, but they belong to the whole world.
Salamanca takes little care of its heritage. The Penal Code grants special protection to the assets that make up the historical heritage. “Therefore, a specific chapter is established to punish crimes committed against these assets. But, what are these crimes and how are they punished? Until when, Mr. Mayor,” they ask and interpellates Chenche Martín Galeano, leader of Por Salamanca.
The western chapel is the window that is so mistreated, previously dedicated to the Virgin of Angustias and now to that of Carmen, It was designed with a dome on pendentives and a transparent roof projecting towards the street. Originally, around 1695, it was founded by the cloth merchant Juan Muñoz del Castillo and his wife María de la Cruz Guerra, who in 1686 had sponsored the Music Chapel; the current work seems to be from the year 1723.
The corner of the Baroque window of San Martín, whose chapel is dedicated to the Virgin of Carmen.
