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Carmona-Iglesia de San Pedro
San Pedro Church

The San Pedro Church was built in the 15th century on the site of the original Shrine to the Virgen de la Antigua. Its baroque appearance is due to later modifications. The main altar was lost to a fire on 2 December 1984. Highlights include its wonderful baroque dome.

Casa de los Fernández Peñaranda (Escuela-Hogar)
Casa de los Fernández Peñaranda (School-Home)

The building from 1753 belonged to the Fernández de Peñaranda family, with whom the various master-builders were related. This baroque-style public building has a façade noteworthy for its dynamism, composition and rich motifs. Indeed, the building of itself speaks of the artist, Alonso Ruiz Florindo.

Palomares del Río. Hacienda Santa María. Interior
Hacienda Santa María

The renovated Hacienda de Santa María is now the seat of a Peña Rociera and a meeting place. Only the olive mill, counterweight tower, one courtyard and a building with small rooms –possibly the miller’s quarters– have been preserved. 

Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción
Purísima Concepción Church

This temple, opened in March 1769, was the first building constructed in this village. Due to the epidemic of “Tercianas” or malaria, the church was used as a hospital for men and renamed “Juan Bautista Alvitt”.

It is a typical baroque church built during Pablo de Olavide’s repopulation initiative under King Carlos III.

Los Palacios y Villafranca. Capilla de San Sebastián
San Sebastian Chapel

SAN SEBASTIAN CHAPEL

Coripe-Fachada de la Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol
San Pedro Apóstol Parish Church

The San Pedro Church has a white façade and a welcoming interior. Built in 1859, it was restored in 1998 with funds from the Archbishop of Seville, Coripe Town Council and generous donations by parishioners. However, the baroque dome of the former building and the old chapel of Carmen, now the Tabernacle, still remain.

Capilla del Hospital San Juan de Dios
San Juan de Dios Hospital Chapel

In the pedestrian high street of the town, Mesones Street, stands this Chapel of the old Charity Hospital, now a nursing home run by the Mercedarian Sisters.