The most beautiful churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels Spain

This "fernandina" church route owes its name to the reign of Fernando III. This reign marked the beginning of the Christian reconquest of the city from 1236, although the churches were built in the following years, mainly during the reign of his son, Alfonso X, el sabio. Beginning with Cordoba Cathedral, this itinerary brings together eleven churches. All follow an architectural model combining Romanesque, Gothic and Mudejar aesthetics. A map will be provided to help you locate them in the city.

This baroque church, built in the th and th centuries, was originally part of a Jesuit convent. In 1936, during the civil war, a fire destroyed the interior of the church. Only the facade side Carrer del Carme was saved. The use of ceramics as a decorative element of domes is common in Catalonia.

A th century neoclassical church.

Church built at the end of the th century. Its bell tower is the highest building in the city, known as Torre Rubí.

The church of Santa Cruz was built on the plaza de la Virgen del Valle, built between 1776 and 1836 on the site of a mutiny temple, itself built on an ancient mosque established on the site of a Roman temple. From these different stages, she kept some elements like Wisigoths capitals and a blind arch to plaster decorations and arabesque forms. Its entrance still retains a magnificent mutiny arc dating back to the city's reconquest by Alphonse X in 1263, the only remaining Gothic-mutiny church with part of the cloister and tower. Inside, it houses very interesting baroque works such as the great retable of the eighteenth century devoted to the Virgin of the Valle, whose image was realized by the circle of Jerónimo Hernández in 1575 and comes from the convent of the Concepción de los Mercedarios. We will also note a Paleochristian sarcophagus of the Fifth century, presenting biblical scenes carved in stone and located on the altar of the altar and what is perhaps the greatest treasure of this church where the faithful worship Notre-Dame del Valle, the patron saint of the city: the silver ostennight of 2.50 meters high. You can also visit a museum of sacred art that houses a collection of eighteenth century goldsmith and a Shokendai «Shokendai» art lutrin, made in Japan during the Momoyama period in 1573, or a golden silver ostennight directed by Francisco de Alfaro Hernández to Seville in 1586.

And of course its renaissance style tower. From the bells, the view of the city is impressive, offering a unique spectacle composed of towers, bell-combs and watchtowers.

From its original structure of the th century, the church Sant Serni de Meranges only preserved its apse and portal, the rest being the result of renovation of the th century. One can see, inlaid in the five archivolts who overcome the doorway, the sculptures representing Adam and Eve, Abel and Cain, as well as a reference to lust embodied in a woman making her breasts bitten by a snake. The wrought of the door are also Romanesque times.

Also known as the church of San Juán Bautista, this is one of the best examples of Baroque style in Rota city. Inside, it will be noted in particular the altarpiece of the main altar, work of D. Diego Roldán, at the centre of which the image of Our Lady of Pain, bearing the body of Christ dead, lies.