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Estepa-Iglesia de Santa María
Santa María Church

Declared a Site of Cultural Interest (BIC) in 2001

The Santa María la Mayor Church is also home to Estepa’s Museum of Sacred Art, located on the Cerro de San Cristobal.

The Church sits inside the walled compound of Estepa Castle, next to the Santa Clara and San Francisco convents.

Ermita de San Juan Evangelista
Shrine to San Juan Evangelista – Casa de las Artes

This building has a single nave with transversal arches. Hernández Díaz has dated the structure to the first third of the 14th century based on the semi-circular shape of the apse, the moulding on the presbytery’s toral arch and the entranceways.

Capilla de la Soledad
La Soledad Chapel

Formerly the chapel of Santa Maria de la Asuncion and a hospital for pilgrims, it is believed to have been built in the early 16th century. It was located within the old wall that surrounded Gerena. The chapel is a Mudejar-style building with a single nave with a trough roof, a chancel with a hemispherical dome and a choir at the end. It is dedicated to the Hermandad de la Soledad.

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.

Sanlúcar la Mayor. Fachada de la Iglesia de San Eustaquio
Church of San Eustaquio Mártir

The Church of San Eustaquio is in the Mudejar style and is located at the highest point of the old town of Sanlúcar la Mayor. According to tradition, the church of San Eustaquio was built on the ruins of an old Roman temple dedicated to the sun.

Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María Magdalena
Santa María Magdalena Parish Church

The former Mudejar parish church was destroyed by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Only the baroque Tabernacle and tower remain. In 1776, the current neoclassical Church was built in its place, under the directions of the architect Lucas Cintora.

Alcalá de Guadaira-Iglesia de San Sebastián
Iglesia de San Sebastián

A Mudejar building comprised of three naves, coffered ceilings and lateral chapels.

The church was extensively renovated in the 18th century.

It had to be rebuilt after the Civil War, although its original style and structure was preserved.

The most outstanding feature is the beautiful bell gable.