Un nuevo ejemplo de arquitectura gótica en Melilla: la desparecida Iglesia de San Miguel

This article intends to illustrate and list several features of a religious oriented architecture reflected in the 16th century San Miguel church of Melilla (North Africa). The church from which almost nothing remains, was a very peculiar building since it was one of the few examples among those built by Portuguese and Spaniards of clear late Gothic style in the African continent. To describe its origins, its different ups and downs and eventually how it was demolished so to give room to a new church are the main goals of this paper. We will also list all the elements that we could still observe on location that make us guess how magnificent this building was.