Hospital de los Venerables

The building, the work of Leonardo de Figueroa, is one of the most important of the Sevillian baroque. It is very original its courtyard, with arcaded galleries at a higher level and a central fountain which is descended by circular steps decorated with tiles.

It is very interesting the staircase covered by an elliptical vault decorated with tiles.

It is very interesting the staircase covered by an elliptical vault decorated with baroque plasterwork. The church, with a single nave, is covered by a half-barrel vault with lunettes and transverse arches. The fresco paintings of the vault of the presbytery are works of Valdés Leal and represent the invention of the Holy Cross; as well as those of the ceiling of the Sacristy that create in a small space a grandiose illusionist perspective. Those of the nave are by his son Lucas Valdés and represent the triumph of the Pontificate, simulating tapestries. In the main altarpiece stands out the Apotheosis of San Fernando, work of Lucas Valdés, and on both sides San Clemente, San Isidoro, works of Virgilio Mattoni. The church contains sculptures by Martínez Montañes (XVII century) and Pedro Roldán. For the Venerables Murillo painted the most famous of his Inmaculadas, now in the Prado Museum.

It also houses the Diego Velázquez Research Center, a space of the Focus Foundation that arose from the acquisition of the painting of Santa Rufina in 2007, and responds to the need for a place to research, disseminate and reflect on the background and consequences of the work of the great Sevillian painter.