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Iglesia Santa María de La Mota
Santa María de la Mota Church

The Santa María de La Mota Church is located within Marchena’s old Islamic citadel (Alcázar). This walled area, situated in the town’s highest point, is segregated from the rest of the city; hence, its name “La Mota”. It was built around 1356, after King Fernando IV of Castile bestowed the Señorío de Marchena upon Fernando Ponce de León on 18 December 1309.

Iglesia Santa María La Blanca
Santa Maria la Blanca Church

A neoclassical temple built in the fifteenth century. It has interesting decorative elements, sculptures and paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Its origins may likely date back to a shrine to Our Lady of Consolation built here in the first half of the fifteenth century. A cluster of houses inhabited by day labourers sprang up around it.

Ermita Ntra. Sra. de la Encarnación
Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación Chapel

In the foothills of Sierra Morena, near the Las Torres stream, which marks the boundary between the municipalities of Gerena and Guillena, the image of Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación was seen in a stone cave or grotto by a man who was riding through the area, causing his horse to bolt in fear resisting all his efforts to restrain it.

Écija-Iglesia de Santiago
Santiago Church

The church, which is accessed through a porticoed courtyard, has a rectangular plan with three naves divided into four sections, separated by octagonal pillars with moulding that support on pointed arches. The naves are covered with a panelled coffered ceiling with Mudejar decoration in the central nave and a hanging ceiling on the side naves. 

Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Escardiel
Chapel of Nuestra Señora de Escardiel

The Chapel of Nuestra Señora de Escardiel is located three kilometres north-northwest of Castilblanco de los Arroyos, in the so-called 'Chaparral de la Virgen' or 'Chaparral de Escardiel' (42 hectares). It was built on the site of an ancient medieval settlement.

Utrera. Vista de la fachada la Iglesia de Santa María de la Mesa desde la plaza Enrique de la Cuadra
Santa María de la Mesa Church

The church was declared a National Historic and Artistic Monument by Decree of 2 February 1979 (BOE of 9 April 1979). The temple, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, is commonly known as Santa Maria de la Mesa because it stands on a hill. 

El Pedroso. Ermita del Cristo de la Misericordia
Shrine to El Cristo de la Misericordia

The Shrine is located in the former Hospital de la Misericordia. This small rectangular building has two sections separated by a pointed triumphal arch. It has only one entrance at the foot of the Epistle side of the temple. The entrance is framed by an alfiz and topped with a cantilevered cornice. A brick belfry stands at the apse of this same side.