Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

On the Plaza de la Constitución in Biar, facing the town hall, stands the parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, the town's main religious building and one of the older churches in the comarca. Construction began in the late 15th century in a late Gothic style with Renaissance elements and continued through the 16th century; the Communion chapel and presbytery were added at the end of the 17th century, already in the Baroque style.

Portal and bell tower

The main façade keeps an early 16th-century plateresque portal, with arched mouldings, niches and relief carving that mixes religious motifs with Italian-influenced ornament: shell shapes, candelabra, cameos and a balustrade. It has been linked stylistically to the Puerta de las Cadenas at Murcia Cathedral. The four-tier bell tower, topped with geometric decoration, is visible from much of the town and stands alongside the path up toward the castle.

Inside

Inside, a single nave with chapels set between the buttresses leads to a five-sided polygonal chancel behind the altar, with star-ribbed vaulting over the central nave; the interior also keeps 18th-century decorative stucco work, and the nave underwent restoration in 1964. Unlike the castle on the hill above, the church sits right in the town centre and needs no climb to reach. Entry is free, so visitors can look inside without booking ahead; it is worth avoiding Mass times if the goal is simply to see the building. Together with the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Gracia and the medieval aqueduct, it completes a morning's walk around Biar's heritage sites.