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Olivares. Interior de la Capilla de la Santísima Hermandad de la Vera Cruz con el retablo al fondo
Chapel of the Confraternity of the True Cross

The Confraternity of the True Cross in Olivares was founded on 12 May 1552 by Pedro de Guzmán, the 1st Count of Olivares. A few years later, in 1560, the Confraternity built a charity hospital with its own chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of Antigua, on land donated by the count’s wife, Francisca de Ribera.

Coripe-Fachada de la Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol
San Pedro Apóstol Parish Church

The San Pedro Church has a white façade and a welcoming interior. Built in 1859, it was restored in 1998 with funds from the Archbishop of Seville, Coripe Town Council and generous donations by parishioners. However, the baroque dome of the former building and the old chapel of Carmen, now the Tabernacle, still remain.

Lantejuela-Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción
Purísima Concepción Parish Church

This parish church was built in 1964 over the remains of an 18th-century church. The new La Purísima Concepción Parish Church has a modern, avant-garde style.

The single-nave temple with a polygonal presbytery is one of the most significant monuments in the town.

Olivares. Ermita del Rocío
Chapel of the Confraternity of El Rocío of Olivares

The Confraternity of El Rocío of Olivares was founded in 1933, an offshoot of the Confraternity of El Rocío in the neighbouring town of Umbrete. However, it was not until the following year, 1934, when the parent organisation, the Confraternity of El Rocío of Almonte, accepted it as an official affiliate, once the Confraternity of Gines had sponsored it.

Iglesia de San Gil
San Gil Church

A rectangular church with three naves divided into five sections, separated by pointed arches on pillars. It is in 15th-century Mudejar-style, although it was renovated and extended in the second half of the 18th century. The Sacramental Chapel from around 1727 is transversely attached to the left side of the building. The image of the Christ of Health is venerated in this chapel.

Capilla del Cristo de la Cárcel
Capilla del Cristo de la Cárcel, Señor de Mairena

The Santísimo Cristo de la Cárcel Chapel, located in the Plaza Principal, and currently renamed as Antonio Mairena, was directly communicated with the town’s former prison from which it took its name.

This late 18th-century Chapel was built to honour the now-lost image of a Crucified Christ, revered here in the mid-17th century according to available records.

Paradas. Iglesia Parroquial de San Eutropio
San Eutropio Parish Church

This church is, without a doubt, the most significant building in Paradas. In the mid-15th century, Juan Ponce de León, Count of Paradas, laid the first stone of the old church over which the current one stands.