Church of San Nicolás de Bari, Valladolid, Catholic church in Valladolid, Spain

The Church of San Nicolás de Bari is a brick and rammed-earth church on the Plaza de la Trinidad, with a sober ashlar stone facade. Its main nave is covered by a barrel vault with lunettes, while the Gospel nave has groin vaults; round arches on pillars separate the two naves. The Epistle nave and a chapel on that side of the transept were demolished.

A Romanesque church of San Nicolás, commissioned by Count Pedro Ansúrez, once stood near the Puente Mayor. In 1584 Juan de Nates and Pedro de Solórzano drew up plans for a new temple, built from 1595. The parish moved here in 1837, after the Peninsular War left the old church and monastery in ruins, taking over the former Discalced Trinitarian temple begun in 1732.

The parish moved here in 1837, when it took over the former church of the Discalced Trinitarians, begun in 1732. The adjoining convent, under construction in 1764, has almost entirely disappeared: only some rooms attached to the Gospel nave remain. The stone facade is compared to that of the Trinitarian church of San Juan Bautista in Hervás, Cáceres.

The church stands on the Plaza de la Trinidad, in the city centre, and is an active Catholic parish. Only outbuildings of the former Trinitarian convent survive beside the Gospel nave, so the visit centres on the two naves and the stone facade. Look for the brick-and-rammed-earth walls outside and the barrel vault with lunettes inside.

The parish moved here in 1837, after its old church near the Puente Mayor was wrecked in the Peninsular War and turned into a military fort. The building it took over had been begun in 1732 for the Discalced Trinitarians, whose convent stood alongside; only rooms attached to the Gospel nave survive of it.