Semana Santa Estepa

Seville enchants

The Chapel of Our Father Jesus Captive, or simply the Chapel of the Captive, is located on the Nuestro Padre Jesús Cautivo Avenue (formerly, Avenida Ancha) in Las Cabezas de San Juan. 

The Santa María del Águila Church shares a common feature with other Sevillian Mudejar-style parish churches from the 13th and 14th centuries.

The Santa Florentina Convent is one of the first Dominican convents in Andalusia. The original building and foundations date back to the second half of the sixteenth century. Today, it comprises several buildings from different periods, mostly the 17th and 18th centuries.

This 16th-century building was renovated in the 19th and 20th centuries. The overall layout and several architectural elements such as capitals, columns and arches are reminiscent of town hall buildings from the Andalusian Renaissance and Baroque periods. 

Although its official name is Our Lady of Candelaria Convent, it has also been known as San Francisco or Victoria convent. It was founded on 1 February 1555 by Juan Téllez Girón, 4th Count of Ureña.    

Declared a Site of Cultural Interest (BIC) in 2001

The Santa María la Mayor Church is also home to Estepa’s Museum of Sacred Art, located on the Cerro de San Cristobal.

The Church sits inside the walled compound of Estepa Castle, next to the Santa Clara and San Francisco convents.

The cityscape is dominated by the Church and its 18th-century bell tower, destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. The Church is the seat of the town’s patron saint, Nuestra Señora de la Fuente Clara and the Easter confraternities.