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Imagen de la fachada de la real parroquia de santa maría magdalena, donde se ve grupos de personas esperando para entrar y árboles tapando parte del edificio
Royal Parish Church of Santa María Magdalena

The old parish church of Santa María Magdalena must have been built on top of an old mosque. In the time of King Peter I, as a result of the strong earthquake of 1355, it was rebuilt in the Gothic-Mudejar style similar to other churches in the town. 

Imagen de la fachada de la iglesia de santa maría la blanca con el campanario arriba de la puerta
Parish Church of Santa María la Blanca

It is the only temple in Seville that preserves the remains of the three religions. Later, by privilege of King Alfonso X (1252), it became a synagogue and was consecrated as a Christian temple in 1391.

Patio del palacio de la condesa de lebrija, arcos con columnas de mármol, azulejería, restos arqueológicos
Palace of the Countess of Lebrija

It began to be built as a manor house in the 16th century. It originally belonged to the Paiba family and later to the Counts of Corbos and the Counts of Miraflores. It was in 1901 when it became the property of Regla Manjón Mergelina, the Countess of Lebrija, who carried out a restoration and fitted it out to house antiques.

Catedral
The Cathedral and the Giralda

The Cathedral

The Cathedral of Seville is the largest Gothic temple in the world and the third largest in Christendom after St. Peter's in the Vatican and St. Paul's in London. Building works began in 1403 on the former Great Mosque of Seville, an Almohad work of which the Patio de los Naranjos and the Giralda have been preserved.

Fachada fotografiada de forma oblicua del edificio del ayuntamiento de sevilla
Seville Town Hall

The Seville Town Hall, one of the best examples of Plateresque architecture, was a gift from King Charles V to the town in response to his desire to give Seville the status of a great city that it deserved.

Capillita san josé
Little Chapel of Saint Joseph

Located in Seville, the construction of the Chapel of San José was promoted by the corporation of carpenters who, after meeting in the town hall, decided in 1746 to extend the old temple by building a new, much deeper, main chapel, providing it with a front transept, a dressing room and a storeroom.

Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago el Mayor
Parish Church of Santiago el Mayor

The church was built in the 18th century. It contains images and canvases from the 17th and 18th centuries. 

The church has a Latin cross floor plan with three naves in three sections, a transept, a chancel and chapels on either side. The naves are separated by semicircular arches supported by white limestone Tuscan columns.