The hall church (in German Hallenkirche) is a type of architectural construction of churches, in which all the naves that make up the building have the same height. Most hall churches have an almost rectangular plan, but there are also hall churches with a cruciform plan.

It began in the Romanesque period, among other regions in Poitou, but also in northern Spain. It was developed during the European Gothic, the versions with vaults especially in Germany and Spain, the versions with wooden ceilings especially in England. In Germany, this type of church had a long history in this country, like the Cathedral of Paderborn, the church of Santa María de Greifswald or Santa Isabel in Marburg, but it was over the centuries that it became more common.[1] In Spain, the columnar hall church has its greatest diffusion in Castilla y León (more than 240) and there in the province of Burgos (more than a hundred). Of the more than 90 churches of this type in Andalusia, there are more than 40 in the province of Jaén "Provincia de Jaén (Spain)"). The first were introduced in the 19th century, having their greatest diffusion in the Mediterranean areas of Valencia, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.

The basic scheme of hall-plan churches is characterized by having three or five naves with cross vaults, of similar height in all naves, in which lighting is carried out through the side naves. The interior spaces are spacious and open-plan, giving it the appearance of a large room, which could accommodate a large number of people. The plan is rectangular, in which the transept is no wider than the naves as a whole. On many occasions, these side naves are somewhat lower than the central one, without opening direct lighting openings in the central nave.

The hall temple should not be confused with the so-called hall or box churches, which are temples with a single nave without a transept.[3]​.