Feria

Seville, beautiful and diverse

The Basilica Menor de la Santísima María de la Esperanza Macarena is of modern construction and houses the most venerated image of Seville, a mid 17th century carving popularly known as La Macarena, and the interesting Museum where the different items of this popular Brotherhood are displayed.

This is an ancient Christian chapel that may have originally been an Arab mosque of which the mihrab would have been preserved. It has undergone restoration work since it ceased to be used as a prison. 

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. 

The Chapel of the Cruz de Arriba was recently renovated. It has a single nave with only one entrance decorated with modern blue and white tiles. The Chapel of Cruz de Abajo, located in the lower part of the village, was built in the mid-20th century and also has a single nave.

Located in the municipality of El Madroño, El Álamo has 86 inhabitants. The village is in the northwest of the province of Seville, on the foothills of the Sierra de Aracena. 

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.

The chapel was once known as San Ginés. It is located on the avenue of the same name, probably being a primitive Mudejar work, to which the external walls of the main chapel, which was totally renovated in the 18th century, would have belonged.