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We want to make you see all that Seville has to offer, unique places, its history and legends as well as details and curiosities of our most unknown artistic heritage that we are sure will surprise you.

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CHAPEL OF SAN JOSÉ

Is there anything more radical in Sevillian Baroque?… pure art!

The most popularly known of Seville’s Baroque is a work of art that has been created in the city of Seville.

The popularly known as Capillita de San Jose belonged to the old guild of carpenters who had as patron the Patriarch Lord St. Joseph. Due to the poor conditions in which the church was found, major reconstruction works were carried out in 1688 by the masters Pedro Romero, Cayetano de Acosta and Esteban Paredes.

The chapel was declared the first of its kind in 1688.

The chapel was declared a National Monument and although it is small in size, it is one of the most important examples of Spanish Baroque art.

The chapel was declared a National Monument and although it is small in size, it is one of the most important examples of Spanish Baroque art.

In its interior it is worth highlighting the High Altarpiece, made by Cayetano de Acosta between 1671 and 1766; the seated sculpture of Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Joaquin and Saint Anne all executed in the 18th century by the sculptor Pedro Duque Cornejo; a sculpture of the Virgin of the Three Hail Marys made by Joaquin Bilbao in the 19th century and the image of Lord Saint Joseph, drawn by the painter Lucas Valdés.

Also worthy of mention is the organ which dates back to the 18th century, with clear Rococo style tendencies.

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THREE CULTURES FOUNDATION

The thousand and one nights! …. you will find them at the Foundation Three Cultures of the Mediterranean, art, photography, miscegenation

The Three Cultures Foundation of the Mediterranean, art, photography, miscegenation

The Three Cultures Foundation, located on the Isla de la Cartuja, has its headquarters in the Morocco Pavilion of the 1992 Universal Exposition. The building is a work of art that fortunately we still preserve in our city.

This foundation offers an interesting and varied cultural program throughout the year (exhibitions, cinema, music, courses, workshops, and a long etc.)

Fundación Tres Culturas de la Cartuja.

Fundación Tres Culturas has as its main objective to bring our public closer to the richness of the peoples of the Mediterranean.

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CHURCH OF SAN LORENZO

Feeling theStendhal syndrome in Seville

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The Church of San Lorenzo, which was originally Mudejar in style, was built in the 14th century and underwent an extensive transformation in the 17th century that modified its original and primitive structure. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, new reforms were made that ended up giving it its current configuration.

The temple has a Gothic doorway with a tower of the XV century and has a baroque bell tower of the XVII century

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Recently the frescoes of the sacramental chapel, baroque jewels, have been restored, their authors Francisco Perez de Pineda, Domingo Martinez and Gregorio de Espinal…. a real delight.

From the artistic point of view, highlight the altarpiece begun by Martínez Montañés and finished by the Ribas brothers. As well as the painting of the Virgin with San Juanito, by Pedro Villegas Marmolejo, the Main Chapel made by the sculptor Diego Lopez Bueno, a crucified and a San Lorenzo with angels by Federico de Ribas and the Sagrario Manifestador , work also of Diego Lopez Bueno.

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CHURCH OF LA MAGDALENA

Domes & beyond! wonders to discover…

It is one of the most beautiful and sumptuous of Seville’s existing temples.

Domes & beyond!

This church was the seat of the Convent of San Pablo, governed by friars belonging to the Dominican Order, which was in charge of and responsible for the Court of the Inquisition.

The church was the seat of the Convent of San Pablo, governed by friars belonging to the Dominican Order, which was in charge of and responsible for the Court of the Inquisition.

The works of the temple and its current physiognomy are due to the architect Leonardo de Figueroa in the eighteenth century:

The temple consists of three floors.

The temple consists of three naves and is presided over by a main altarpiece in which there is an image of St. Paul and another of the Magdalene, both made by the sculptor Felipe Malo de Molina in 1704.

In its interior highlight the paintings of the vault of the Presbytery of Lucas Valdés where the allegory and the triumph of Faith are represented; the figures of the four doctors of the Church, attributed to Pedro Roldán; the Christ of Calvary by Francisco de Ocampo; the sculptural group of the Assumption of the Virgin by Juan de Mesa and two canvases of Francisco de Zurbarán.

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PERFORMING ARTS RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER - C.I.R.A.E.

Do you like ballet, opera and theater?

This unique library is located in the old church of Santa Lucia from the 14th century, today converted into the Research and Resources Center for Performing Arts (CIRAE), with a clear vocation to preserve, analyze and disseminate documentation and information on theater and dance in Andalusia. It is considered an obligatory reference for professionals and lovers of the performing arts.

The building very close to the old Puerta del Sol, was one of the first churches to be built after the reconquest of Seville in Mudejar Gothic style and where the order of the Knights of Alcantara was established. It had artistic works of interest today distributed in other churches. As a curiosity, Santa Angela de la Cruz was baptized here. The structure of the church consists of three naves with a gabled roof with oculus and rose window. The decoration of the original entrance doorway was moved to the present Church of Santa Catalina where it can be appreciated in all its splendor.

The decoration of the original entrance doorway was moved to the present Church of Santa Catalina where it can be appreciated in all its splendor.

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CHURCH OF SAN ILDEFONSO

Neoclassical jewel as sweet as its vanilla and strawberry coloring!

The church completed in the early 19th century, dedicated to this saint who was bishop of Toledo and one of the fathers of the church that was formed in Seville along with San Isidoro. The temple dates back to the Visigothic period that in Muslim times was transformed into a baths and mosque, which after the reconquest belonged to the second wife of King San Fernando, Dña. Juana de Ponthieu.

The primitive church was built in the early 19th century.

The primitive Mudejar church was demolished after the damage caused by the earthquake of Lisbon. The new church inspired by baroque elements of the Figueroa family takes momentum in 1794, and are mixed with very notable neoclassical elements in the superimposition of orders of the facade.

The new church was built in 1794.

In its neoclassical interior houses great artistic works, among which highlights the image of the Virgen del Coral with influences of Italian Gothic trecento and one of the oldest in Seville. Sculptures of Felipe Ribas and Pedro Roldán of the XVIII century. The carving of the Virgin of the Kings of the sixteenth century to which worships the brotherhood of the tailors, considered the oldest corporation of Seville. A magnificent piety by Cristóbal Ramos from the 18th century, an altarpiece of the Trinity by Martinez Montañes, sculptures by Pedro Roldán, a carving of the Captive and another of the Virgin of Solitude by Juan de Astorga, both from the 19th century, make up the great wealth of sculptures that we can admire in this church.

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PARISH OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Contemporary Architecture

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The AGI architects team signs this church awarded in 2014 by the World Architecture Festival as best religious building of that edition and held in Singapore.

Located in East Seville and covering an area of two thousand square meters, it has been designed following criteria of economy and sustainability. The exterior of the building opens up to its neighborhood in its main entrance that acquires great relevance as a space of call. A metal roof rests on the building forming various planes that allow the introduction of light into the interior in the right measure for the courtyards that make up its interior that connect with the worship spaces.

Image courtesy of @imagensubliminal

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CHURCH OF SANTA MARINA

Dream vaults.

Dream vaults.

The Church of Santa Marina belongs to the group of Gothic-Mudejar churches of Seville being one of the oldest in the city, as its construction can date back to about 1265. The temple was built in Islamic times, and the first construction of two of its side chapels can be dated around 1265. At the beginning of the 14th century the tower would be built and at the beginning or middle of that same century the main body would be erected. However, the first reliable news of this temple are from 1356, because in that year being King of Castile Pedro I, an earthquake forced the rebuilding of the temple. It consists of 3 doorways: The main one is made of stone, a pointed arch with eight archivolts, the last one decorated with diamond points, zigzags and varied sculptures. This church has an octagonal apse, with buttresses and geminate pointed windows, combining an architecture of elegant beauty. The tower is outlined as a Mudejar tower with a square floor plan and built with brick. The interior of the temple is divided into three naves separated by arcades of brick pointed arches, which are supported by cruciform pillars. Finally, the chapels are covered with vaults on trumpets. Of note are the vaults decorated with brick lacerías and trumpets with plasterwork in the Chapel of the Virgin of Love, and the vault with decoration of gores in plaster that covers the Chapel used as Sagrario.

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TORRE DE DON FADRIQUE

Romanesque in Seville?

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Perhaps the only Romanesque element we have in Seville can be found in this access portal of the Tower, located in the Espacio Santa Clara.

The splendid Tower of Don Fadrique, also known as the «enchanted tower» is a clear example of Mudejar Gothic in Seville. Located inside the Convent of Santa Clara, of long historical, cultural and artistic tradition was built in 1252 as documented by an inscription on its door, in the garden of the Palace of Don Fadrique, son of King Ferdinand III. Built in the style of the medieval Italian towers and as an example of the earliest Gothic in the city, it is a square tower with three sections. The first is covered with ogival vault, in which are located the door and some windows type saeteras. The second, also with pointed vaults and Romanesque windows; and the third, with octagonal vaults and Gothic windows. At 65 meters high, it is surrounded by a beautiful garden designed by the architect Juan Talavera.

The legend tells us that Don Fadrique, had his amorous encounters here with his stepmother Doña Juana, when he was widowed by Fernando III. The murmurs of the court will make Doña Juana return to France and the Infante is punished by his brother Alfonso X the Wise for conspiracy. While the most accepted theory is that the tower was built as a Watchtower and hunting lodge to give life to one of his passions, the flight of falcons.