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Marchena-Iglesia San Sebastián
San Sebastian Church

Marchena’s San Sebastián Church was built outside the walled compound. It was initially intended as a Shrine to Saint Sebastian, the town’s patron saint.

Marchena-Iglesia de San Pedro Mártir o de Santo Domingo
San Pedro Mártir Church or Santo Domingo Church

The Church is actually dedicated to St Peter Martyr. However, since it has traditionally belonged to the Dominican Order, it is commonly known as Santo Domingo. It was part of the Convent founded in 1517 by Rodrigo Ponce de León, Lord of Marchena and Duke of Arcos. The two side chapels were lost, and only the large central nave still exists. 

Marchena-Iglesia y Convento de San Agustín
San Agustín Church and Convent 

It was built in the mid-17th century in the style of the transition period from Baroque to Neoclassical, with influences from Juan de Herrera and Latin American art. It is a very unique style that is unlike most of the churches in this area, due to both its massive size and unique aesthetics and finishing elements. 

Iglesia de Santa Clara
Santa Clara Church 

The present-day Santa Clara Church is what remains of the disappeared namesake temple; a monastery founded in 1498 by the sisters Juana and Elvira González de Lucenilla y de Benjumea and run by the Poor Clare sisters.

Iglesia y Convento de San Andrés (Las Mercedarias)
San Andrés Church and Convent of (Mercedarians)

The original Mudejar portal of the Church from the early 16th century remains. The brick building has a Latin cross plan with a single nave covered by a half-barrel vault and lunettes. The temple was founded in 1537 by Gonzalo Jiménez Benjumea as the seat of several chaplaincies.

Convento Purísima Concepción
Purísima Concepción Convent

The monastery was founded in 1631 by Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos. For seven years, the Convent was relocated in various outbuildings until the Lords of Marchena decided to place within the ducal estate. 

Capilla de la Vera Cruz
Chapel of the Vera Cruz

The Chapel of the True Cross dates back to the late 15th century or early 16th century. This Gothic-Mudejar-style temple has a small chapel with one nave and two aisles. The altarpiece is from 1759. 

Above the magnificent pulpit with a wrought-iron staircase is a frieze with Renaissance motifs from the second half of the 16th century.