The Church Of St. Mary Magdalene Photo: Church Of St. Mary Magdalene

The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, located in Seville, is one of the most impressive examples of Spanish Baroque architecture of the 18th century. The Church was built between 1691 and 1709 for years by the famous Seville architect Leonardo de Figueroa. The building of the Church with a beautiful bell tower on its Western facade is decorated with ornaments and decorative motifs in blue, red and white shades, is extraordinarily beautiful. The facade is decorated with three portals. One of them is decorated with a sculptured Saint Dominic of authorship Pedro Roldan, the other in form of an arch, crowned with a sculpture, and surrounded by pilasters. Decorating the facade of the magnificent bell tower was built in 1697, and restored in the 20th century.

The temple has three longitudinal naves, a transept, five chapels and chancel. One of the chapels located in the South-Western part of the temple, is the only element of the building that survived from the previous one, located here before the temple was built. The Central nave is crowned by an octagonal dome. The interior of the Church decorated with stucco and Baroque décor.

The main altar of the Church is made in the early Baroque style of the 18th century and decorated with the image of St. Mary Magdalene, founded in 1704 Felipe Malo de Molina, as well as images of St. Francis and St. Dominic authorship Pedro Duque Cornejo and St. Paul, created by Francisco de Ocampo.

Also inside the Church you can admire murals made by Lucas valdés, and two beautiful paintings of Francisco de Zurbaran.

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