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Palacio ponce de león
Ponce de León Palace

The Ponce de León Palace is currently the headquarters of EMASESA (Seville metropolitan water supply and sanitation company) and is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and important heritage buildings owned by Seville Town Council.

Catedral
The Cathedral and the Giralda

The Cathedral

The Cathedral of Seville is the largest Gothic temple in the world and the third largest in Christendom after St. Peter's in the Vatican and St. Paul's in London. Building works began in 1403 on the former Great Mosque of Seville, an Almohad work of which the Patio de los Naranjos and the Giralda have been preserved.

Imagen del edificio completo de la iglesia de la anunciación con la torre detrás del edificio
Church of the Annunciation

The Church of the Annunciation is one of the most interesting Renaissance buildings in Seville. It was the old church of the Professed House of the Society of Jesus, the foundation of which dates back to 1565. The expulsion of the Society of Jesus in 1767 entailed the abandonment of the convent, to which the University of Seville would move in 1771.

Adultos paseando por la plaza de san lorenzo e iglesia del gran poder
Basílica del Gran Poder

The current Basilica Menor de Jesús del Gran Poder was built as a place to welcome and accommodate the great devotion that the people of Seville had professed for centuries to the blessed image of the Lord.

Vista desde el campo de la Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
San Juan Bautista Parish Church

The Mudejar-style Church, named after the town’s patron saint, also has Gothic and Renaissance art elements. It was built over an ancient mosque destroyed by an earthquake in the fourteenth century. The old presbytery has been preserved from its initial construction. 

Vista general de la iglesia nuestra señora de consolación, plaza mayor con bancos, árboles, farolas, carrito barrendero
Nuestra Señora de Consolación Parish Church

The construction of the building took place in three different periods. The first was between the 14th and 15th centuries, when a Mudejar church was built with three naves, a polygonal apse and a façade-tower. The second stage began in 1538, when part of the previous work was demolished and the construction of a new Renaissance-type temple began, but this was never completed.

Convento de la Madre de Dios
Madre de Dios Convent

Built in the 16th century, the Madre de Dios convent is now home to the Hermanas de la Doctrina Cristiana. It has a beautiful cloister with Mudejar and Renaissance features. It is worth mentioning that it suffered a major fire in 1722 and was looted during the civil war, being restored during the 1990s.