The first sacramental chapel in Andalusia of the 16th century? The parish of Medina Sidonia (Cádiz) and the progression of a pionner plan

En paralelo a los debates conciliares de Trento, Andalucía vive una oleada de fervor eucarístico. Los recursos expresivos del arte se articulan en pro de la materialización plástica de esos conceptos abstractos, entendiéndose cual medio adecuado para la instrumentalización propagandística; interrelación que se completa desde la aplicación teórica de la escolástica medieval, combinada con ciertas prácticas cultuales de raigambre popular. Hacia mediados del siglo XVI va a construirse la que posiblemente sea la primera capilla sacramental del territorio andaluz, en la parroquia de santa María La Coronada, de Medina Sidonia (Cádiz). Una serie de circunstancias históricas e intereses particulares constituyen la génesis de una obra pionera que, sin planteárselo, marcará la senda constructiva de otros espacios análogos posteriores.As conciliar debates were happening in Trento, Andalusia experienced a fever of Eucharistic enthusiasm. Expressive artistic resources were used in order to achieve the graphic materialization of the abstract concepts derived from this fervor, which also served as a means of propaganda spreading. This favored the application of medieval scholastic theology combined with certain customs of popular roots. The middle of the sixteenth century saw the construction of a chapel which is allegedly the first sacramental chapel in the Andalusian territory. It was built within the Parish of Santa María La Coronada in Medina Sidonia (Cádiz). A series of historic circumstances and personal interest strongly affected the origins of this ground-breaking architectural work which unwillingly lead the way for the construction of subsequent similar spaces