Iglesia de Santa Cruz
From a historical and artistic point of view, the church tower is the most interesting building. Built in the mid-eighteenth century, it contains a cemetery.
From a historical and artistic point of view, the church tower is the most interesting building. Built in the mid-eighteenth century, it contains a cemetery.
The church dates from the sixteenth century, has a rectangular nave with some side chapels and a main chapel differentiated by a triumphal arch.
Capilerilla is the highest village in La Tahá, situated above Pitres at 1,380 metres above sea level.
Built in 1530, the Iglesia Parroquial del Cristo de la Expiración y San Roque in Pitres is notable for its slender tower and turbulent history, having been rebuilt after both the War of the Alpujarras and the Spanish Civil War.
Two looms in perfect working order are housed inside a restored traditional house.
The Chapel of San Antonio was in ruins until it was restored in 2006, opening its doors once more to the residents of Bubión.
The church was founded in the sixteenth century, but was rebuilt in the seventeenth century.
Construction of the church began on 12 June 1735 with the laying of the foundation stone. The townspeople chose to name the church after the Santísimo Cristo de la Salud and the town's patron saint, Louis IX, King of France.
Dating to the sixteenth century, the church has undergone several modifications and restorations. The main nave's configuration corresponds to the original design, with the apse and two side naves being added later.
Dating from the seventeenth century, the church was built on the site of an earlier church from the beginning of the sixteenth century.
According to the parish priest, Miguel de Vitoria’s report, it was the courage of the Christians in the castle on which the Palacio del Marqués was built that prevented the Moors from ...
The Ermita de la Virgen de las Nieves (Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows) was built in 1796 and, for most of the year, is home to the patron saint, Virgen de las Nieves.
Following the Reconquest by the Catholic Monarchs, the Moorish Taifa of Granada became the Christian Kingdom of Granada. A preserved document relating to the construction of the church states that, on 26 May 1505
Drivers on the A-7 Coastal highway east of Estepona will have seen the silver capped tower against the blue sky and wondered what the building was. The answer is the first ever purpose-built Russian Orthodox church on Costa del Sol's and Andalucia.
This simple model of a Mudejar church, with a single nave drawer plan, was not always so minimalistic. Built in 1530, it managed to survive the Moorish rebellion, various fires and an earthquake, until it was moved to another location. However, during this journey, it lost the back section of the sanctuary and the main chapel, and was reduced to this simple temple.
One of the finest examples of Baroque architecture in Seville, San Luis de los Franceses (known simply as San Luis) is an extravagantly decorated circular church in the Macarena district.
Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios - the town's patron saint - is still a focus of reverent pilgrimage for devout locals, and is perched high above Cártama's twisting streets. The shrine is well worth the visit and can be reached by climbing the vertiginous zig-zag path from the main square near the Pilar Alto Fountain. If it is a hot day, take some water along for the climb.
Seville's parish churches display a fascinating variety of architectural styles. Several are converted mosques with belfries built over their minarets, others range through Mudejar and Gothic (sometimes in combination), Renaissance and Baroque.
This whitewashed 15th-century chapel is famous for its associations with Christopher Columbus. Positioned on El Conquero hill, about 3 km north of the city centre, it commands a wonderful view of the Odiel wetlands. Like most sanctuaries and hermitages, it was originally built outside the town centre and used to be surrounded by fields and open countryside
Huelva's oldest parish church, the Iglesia de San Pedro, was constructed in the 15th and 16th centuries on a hilltop site of a mosque and next to the remains of a medieval fortress. It faces a pleasant palm tree-lined square, the Plaza San Pedro.