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Utrera. Fachada de la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Church

In 1731, a group of boys would walk through the streets singing the rosary “more for childish entertainment than true devotion”. Gradually, more people joined them until the Confraternity of the Servites was founded. The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows is the architectural gem of the Confraternity.

Edificio completo de la iglesia de san vicente con la torre detrás y árboles por delante del edificio
Church of San Vicente Mártir

This is one of the many Gothic-Mudejar churches that were built within the town walls during the 14th century, although this is one of the churches that was most reformed and extended in the following centuries, especially between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Imagen de la fachada de la iglesia de san nicolás de bari donde se ve la puerta de entrada y dos azulejos de imágenes religiosas a ambos lados de la misma
Church of San Nicolás de Bari

The Church of San Nicolás de Bari was one of the parishes founded after the reconquest by Ferdinand III of Castile in 1248. It was originally Gothic-Mudejar and in the 18th century it would be rebuilt as a baroque building.

Fachada del convento de santa isabel con la fuente delante de la puerta principal
Convent of Santa Isabel

The convent of Santa Isabel was founded in 1490 by Ms Isabel de León and was the headquarters of the Order of Saint John.

The origin of this order dates back to the 11th century, with the foundation of the Order of Malta, when the nuns helped pilgrims and the sick in hospitals.

Imagen frontal del interior de la capilla de la orden de los terceros donde se ve las imágenes religiosas que componen el altar
Capilla de la Orden Terceros

This wonderful Franciscan Third Order chapel, adjacent to the church of San Pedro de Alcántara, is located on Cervantes Street in Seville.

Osuna-Iglesia San Agustín
San Agustín Church

The conventual church, founded by the 4th Count of Ureña, began to be built in the late 16th century and continued into the next. Jerónimo Balbás created the main altarpiece which holds the image of Our Lady of Hope by Remesal. The statue of a pregnant Virgin Mary is also noteworthy.

Osuna-Ermita de San Arcadio
Shrine to San Arcadio

This Shrine is dedicated to the image of Osuna’s patron saint, Saint Arcadius, who is taken in procession through the city every year on 12 January. The 17th-century church was renovated in the 18th century. The single nave shrine is covered by a barrel vault and the transept with a dome on pendentives.