The Spine of the Working-Class Parish

Follow Calle San Pablo towards the parish church. The planned Población del Rey grew around San Pablo from the thirteenth century and developed a marked commercial character, so this street belongs to the urban expansion introduced at the beginning of the walk. At the church, brick becomes the key material to watch: it forms the fabric of the octagonal tower and also its visible geometric decoration. That makes structure and ornament readable through the same material. Rather than inventing the daily movements of individual medieval craftspeople, use the street as a transition between the commercial district and the building where the route's central material — brick — becomes most legible.