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Museo de la Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz Museum

The museum is situated in the Encarnación Monastery, formerly known as Madres Mercedarias. It houses numerous works of significant historical and artistic value that are used by the Confraternity to worship their titular images, the Christ of the True Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows. These objects range from lavish silverware to delicate, embroidered textiles.

Museo de Arte Sacro
Museo de Arte Sacro

Estepa’s Sacred Art Museum is located in the Santa María la Mayor Church. The fact sheets provide insight into the different changes the building has undergone throughout its history, be it a mosque, Gothic or Mudejar Church. 

Museo Arqueológico de la Parroquia de Santa María
Archaeological and sacred art collection - Santa Maria Church

The parish church has a remarkable sacred art collection, such as Rococo drawers in the Sacristy, many, rich liturgical vestments, noteworthy collection of choir books and numerous gold- and silverwork objects.

Next to the vestry and the left nave is the courtyard. Impressive collections of prehistoric, Roman and Arabic archaeological remains are displayed under the arcade.

Museo de Arte Sacro- Parroquia de Santa Cruz
Sacred Art Collection – Santa Cruz Parish Church

Santa Cruz Parish Church houses one of the finest collections of gold and silverwork in the province, mostly from the 18th century, and of sacred art objects -furniture, paintings, sculptures, chasubles- from the 16th to the 19th century.

Museo Parroquial Ntra. Sra. de la Oliva
Nuestra Señora de la Oliva Parish Museum

The Sacristy of the Nuestra Señora de la Oliva Parish Church, built between the 13th and 16th centuries, was designed by Hernán Ruíz II in 1568. It has been adapted to house a museum of its artistic treasures.

Museo Histórico Municipal - Palacio de Benamejí
Municipal Historical Museum

Ecija’s Municipal Historical Museum has allowed the city to recovery the Benamejí Palace -a magnificent example of 18th-century Ecijan Baroque, listed as a Historical-Artistic Monument. The extraordinary historical and archaeological heritage, both of the city and its municipal district can now be exhibited, preserved and remembered as one of the richest in Andalusia. 

Museo de Zurbarán, Orfebrería y Bordados
Zurbaran Museum - Goldsmithing and Embroidery

Between 1634 and 1637, Francisco de Zurbarán created nine religious paintings for the San Juan Bautista Church, which today have become notable examples of the artistic style of this universally recognised painter.