CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO ABAD

Dedicated to this saint, the parish depended on Sagunto until 1533, which began building the church. It consists of a nave and two side chapels there three each side. You also have Communion Chapel and Sacristy.



The total area of the temple is about 1000 m2, making it the fourth surface of the region of Camp de Morvedre. The facade of the church is characterized by its simplicity and because it is smooth and is decorated with stone balls.

The interior shows a decorated Renaissance, which has been distorting the successive repairs, with the Baroque side altars.



The history of the temple, is closely tied to a sixteenth century painting, which depicts the Virgin of the Star, and briefly explained that explains how he came to the Church of Gilet and began to take shape as the worship of this image .

THE VIRGIN OF THE STAR

During the reign of Fernando VII, in 1820, seized the goods of the convents, including the Val of Christ, near Segorbe. Some of your property, they were moved to Valencia to be sold by the state, and it went through Gilet as part of the route into the city. Apparently, carriers, stood in Gilet for the night at an inn located in the Plaza Mayor (now Virgen de la Estrella), owned by Mr. Alabadí Jose Perez. The hostess asked the carriers if they could give a crucifix, but not having any, you received the image of the Virgen de la Estrella, which eventually placed in the most visible part of the house.



Subsequently, the Canon of the Cathedral of Zaragoza, stayed at the inn and fixed in the image, and wanted to buy it, but he refused the innkeeper, but instead, convinced that the image was submitted to the Church of Gilet, which happened in 1821.



So rapid was the spread of the cult of the image, which in 1822 held the first acts in his honor, established since that time a religious function that is performed the day after the feast of the village young men dedicated to his patron, the Archangel Michael.



In 1865, natives of Gilet, gave him a feast in the form of thanksgiving has been held to date.



In 1896 he built a throne of the Virgin to release it in procession on the day of the holidays.



During the Civil War, the canvas was spared the destruction caused to the Church to have been hidden.



In 1943 with input from the neighbors, the throne was built today holds the picture.