Cascadas del Hueznar

Seville enchants

Commonly known as the Chapel of Jesus the Nazarene, it was part of the Dominican convent of Saint Bartholomew, funded by Bartolomé López de Marchena. The convent, which was founded in 1542, was dedicated to the care and well-being of the body and spirit. The chapel was built in the 17th century and underwent extensive renovations in the second half of the 18th century. 

This contemporary architecture building (1978) was constructed to replace the old one from the 18th century. The temple has a simple layout with a single nave and open niches in the side walls.

The church is located in the uppermost part of the town, on the old street commonly known as El Porche. It has now been renamed as Don Juan de Dios Corrales Gálvez, who was the parish priest for fifty-three years. This beautiful baroque church from the 16th century was once a small chapel or private oratory of the Counts of Gelves.

The church was built in the 15th century by the Ducal House of Arcos, the Lord of the town of Los Palacios, who had great devotion to the Lady of the Snows, patron saint of the village.

This church is considered one of the most significant Baroque buildings in the province of Seville and a jewel of Ecijan Baroque. The Limpia Concepción de Nuestra Señora Church (Los Descalzos) was renovated between 2006 and 2009, under the “Baroque Andalusia” programme of the Andalusian Government. The church had remained closed for 30 years until then.

Although the Church was built between 1776 and 1836 on the remains of a building destroyed in 1755 in Lisbon earthquake, there are still decorative and building elements that date back to the Visigothic era and the Arab invasion. 

The church was built on the land donated by the company Nueva Sevilla to the Archdiocese of Seville. The first parish building was constructed in 1980-1981 with the remnants of prefabricated dwellings. It was demolished in February 1990, when the foundation stone of the current church was laid.