Semana Santa Estepa

Seville enchants

Although the Church was built between 1776 and 1836 on the remains of a building destroyed in 1755 in Lisbon earthquake, there are still decorative and building elements that date back to the Visigothic era and the Arab invasion. 

The building where the municipal offices are currently located is an excellent example of the stately houses that proliferated Utrera throughout the 18th century.

Located atop a strategic hill to the south of the town, Alanís’ most emblematic building has been a silent witness of the historical events of the town since the late fourteenth century, when it likely built.

The 18th-century temple was built on an old Mudejar temple from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, destroyed by the Lisbon earthquake. The project was completed, among others, by José Álvarez, a neoclassical architect who gave the church its current appearance and style.

The parish church has a remarkable sacred art collection, such as Rococo drawers in the Sacristy, many, rich liturgical vestments, noteworthy collection of choir books and numerous gold- and silverwork objects.

Next to the vestry and the left nave is the courtyard. Impressive collections of prehistoric, Roman and Arabic archaeological remains are displayed under the arcade.

Part of the Roman villa of Osset Iulia Constantia, specifically several walls that could have belonged to a storage structure next to a wall that was built in San Juan and that was a strategic control point of the trade between Híspalis and the Aljarafe, was discovered in this municipality during the works of the Seville metro.