The Church of Saint Michael is a small church first mentioned in historical records in the 16th century, although its origins date back further. The extensive renovation carried out in the 18th century completely transformed its appearance, with most of its original features disappearing.
The building has an irregular floor plan, crowned at the front by a bell gable which replaced the old tower in 1959.
Inside, there is a single nave with a flat ceiling, while the main chapel features an elegant barrel vault.
Presiding over the Baroque high altarpiece is a carving of Saint Babilés, or Babil, in his customary depiction as a bishop. This carving is undoubtedly closely linked to the nearby, now disappeared Benedictine monastery of San Babilés, to which the history of Población de Cerrato was so intricately linked. This is also confirmed by the painting of the Benedictine monk on the same altarpiece.
Among the church’s most outstanding features are a 16th-century fluted baptismal font of remarkable sculptural quality, a Renaissance altarpiece crowned by Saint Michael the Archangel, depicted triumphing over the Devil, and an exquisite 18th-century carving of Saint Sebastian.
