Semana Santa Estepa

Seville enchants

It was initially built in the 16th century as a Shrine to Our Lady of Grace. It was home to the Augustinian Order until they moved to the current Convent of San Agustín circa 1616. From 1670 to 1780, it was an all-girls school run by the Beatas Educandas de Santa Isabel.

A 15th-century secular building constructed in the Andalusian vernacular style. The 18th-century façade features, above the main door, a tile panel with the coat-of-arms of Seville’s Cathedral chapter -the Giralda Tower flanked by vases of lilies- suggesting that the building was once owned by the church.

This typical baroque manor house is the epitome of local urban architecture in the 18th century. It was built by Alonso Ruiz Florindo, who modernised and improved his father’s style. The façade has a vertical portal with a balcony and viewpoint. However, the entrance is offset to the left, facing straight into San Sebastian Street, which runs perpendicular to Lora Street.

There is little literature about the works of Juan Ruiz Florindo. Most works have been identified by characteristics that are specific to this master-builder. This house was built between 1730 and 1740 for the Fernández de Peñaranda family. The viewpoint with baroque elements ties in well with the portal, considered one of the most beautiful in the province of Seville.

Recollections of a beautiful 18th century stately mansion. Only a section of the facade and the portal, with a graceful balcony-viewpoint embellished with an elegant wrought-iron railing, remains. The balcony sits at the confluence of two streets. 

The Pareja Palace belonged to knights surnamed Pareja. It is considered the typical traditional Ecijan building from the 17th-18th century. Following several renovations for different uses, several elements that had been transformed have recently been restored, including the courtyard, the stairwell and various rooms.

The Palace of the Marquises of Benamejí that currently houses Ecija’s Municipal Historical Museum is a landmark of the city’s 18th-century civil architecture. It precisely defines the unique form of the Baroque that developed in Lower Andalusia.