Semana Santa Estepa

Seville enchants

The Convent of the Incarnation of Seville is located right in the centre of the town, in front of the Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace, in the Santa Cruz district. It is popularly known as the Convent of Santa Marta, as it is located on the grounds of the former Hospital de Santa Marta.

El Real de la Jara enjoyed a strategic position throughout the Middle Ages, which made it a major defensive hub, as evidenced by the remains of the Castle, located a stone's throw from the town. 

This 13th-century watchtower was built in times of the Reconquest during the late medieval period. From here, one can see the typical landscape of pastures and scrubland that surround the town, as well as the River Guadiamar, its banks and part of the vast municipal district. The town and the watchtower are likely of Arab origin.

The Dehesilla Tower is located in the countryside, very close to the El Negro and Garci Bravo estates. The main façade of the rectangular tower is about ten metres wide and six metres deep. A stone ashlar foundation supports its thick, rammed-earth walls that are over 7 metres high. The door on the north side still remains, framed by stone ashlars.

This large rectangular square is an example of popular 16th century Andalusian architecture. In this square you can find the church of Nuestra Señora de Consolación, with its red brick Mudejar tower, the court building of the judicial district of Cazalla de la Sierra, with its beautiful baroque façade, and the tourist office  of the Cazalla Town Council. 

The construction of the building took place in three different periods. The first was between the 14th and 15th centuries, when a Mudejar church was built with three naves, a polygonal apse and a façade-tower. The second stage began in 1538, when part of the previous work was demolished and the construction of a new Renaissance-type temple began, but this was never completed.

The building dates from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is currently privately owned and is being restored to be used as an apartment building. Of Gothic-Mudejar origin, it has a single nave, divided into four sections by pointed transverse arches, the apse being made up of two sections, a rectangular one roofed with a coffered vault and a semicircular one with a ribbed vault.