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Palma Historic House Museum is situated on the site of a former Dominican convent. The palace entrance opens onto the mounting block, where the stables are to the left and the two-storey central courtyard to the right, formed of semi-circular arches and marble columns. This courtyard leads to the orange-tree courtyard, with a stone fountain and the old convent font, which according to ancient legend, connects to a passage that leads to the river Genil. The palace’s décor and furniture originate from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with sixteenth-century artesonado ceilings and Mudejar flooring in the halls and bedrooms.

The Casa de la Cultura was opened in the old Jesuits’ convent. The Jesuits’ church remained on the other side of the road. The monastic space comprises a wide central cloister and a series of rooms that open onto this central space. The cloister can be accessed directly from the street, and the Casa’s offices are on the opposite side of the entrance. The best known room is the Salón de Actos as this is where the town hall, municipal library and music conservatoire hold public events. The Casa de la Cultura is the town’s cultural driving force; it presents temporary expositions and all types of activities throughout the year.   

San Juan Bautista parish church dates back to the sharing out of the lands that were conquered by King Ferdinand III, nicknamed “the Saint”. It is a Gothic-Mudejar church, with three naves covered by wooden framework and a polygonal masonry apse. Successive reforms took place throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which significantly changed the building’s interior. The tower was built in the second quarter of the eighteenth century. In 1776, the building faced imminent ruin and was demolished in its entirety to create a new floor plan. To this end, the current San Juan Bautista church is what would have been the Sacramental Chapel, which was adjoined to the Epistle nave prior to the renovations. The main altarpiece houses an eighteenth-century Baroque retablo, featuring a seventeenth-century sculpture of the Nazarene. Paintings by Antonio de Pereda (seventeenth century) and Juan de Espinal (eighteenth century) are also noteworthy. The tower comprises three bell sections, built with considerable height. The Baroque elements in the upper sections make the tower the most emblematic and beautiful of those erected during the eighteenth century.

The Las Descalzas convent is in the Plazuela del Marqués de las Torres and was founded in 1629 against Carmona town council’s wishes.It was not officially opened until 1748, the year that the town celebrated solemn fiestas for this reason.Currently a congregation of Discalced Augustinian Recollect nuns are accommodated in the convent. On the interior of the convent, its church has a rich décor typical of the Baroque era, featuring a façade with a double portal and tower.Its main altarpiece is interesting to see as it is unfinished.The sacristy’s Sagrario is also impressive, and is made from polychromed wood. During the Virgen de Gracia processions, the congregation would enter through the right door and leave through the left, passing in front of the choir where the nuns would sing canticles in her honour.

Las Teresas convent is located in the former Condes de Palma palace, an extremely interesting Mudejar building erected during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The convent belongs to the Discalced Carmelite nuns, who are known in the town as “Las Teresas”. It was founded in around 1630, when the Discalced Carmelites had to move to the site, which caused serious conflicts with the town’s governors who were accustomed to meeting in the palace. Works on the church were initiated in 1655 thanks to donations and Sister Paula de San José’s dowry. The monumental portal belongs to the transition from Gothic to the Renaissance with light Manueline décor, as can be observed through maritime motifs. The façade’s decoration is uncommon to this area: the Palma counts “imported” it during the fourteenth century, mimicking the style that existed on palace houses in south Portugal, where they also owned land. Some of the palace’s rooms are decorated with interesting fifteenth-century Mudejar yeseria. It is believed that they are works from the same masters who created the ones in the Royal Alcazar of Seville. The church’s entrance door features an interesting piece of Mudejar carpentry from the second half of the fourteenth century, yet […]

Founded in 1558, although its current appearance is due to works carried out since 1620. It has a simple portal that leads to a wide interior with a Latin cross floor plan, side chapels, centred on a risen bright semi-spherical dome. The main altar is dominated by beautiful baroque-style Solomonic altarpiece, which features remarkable choir seating. The annexed convent has a beautiful patio with two levels of arcades -in the upper and lower cloisters- and its main focal point is a monumental fountain from the start of the 17th century.

It was created in 1982 and is found inside the La Victoria convent. It displays archaeological materials taken from sites in and around Puente Genil, such as Los Castellares, Anzur Castle, Fuente Alamo, etc. The museum has two sections: Archaeology and Ethnography. Archaeology section Room I. Pre-history and Proto-history This room displays a collection of materials from the Pre-historic era, from the Middle Palaeolithic to Final Bronze Ages. The first collections are carved stone tools (quartzite and flint). The most outstanding are racloirs, knives and hand axes, which appeared on the river terraces of the Genil. The sample of materials is varied and unique (ceramic, polished stone, bone and metal) from Fuente del Lobo, elements that were important during the Bell Beaker culture. A 6th century BC Corinthium pot, brooches and ceramic fragments are the most impressive exhibits among the objects from the Tartessian world and their relationship with western Phoenician and Greek colonists. Iberian culture has bequeathed several pieces such as zoomorphic sculptures (bull, lioness, horse) in limestone and a series of materials; the most noteworthy being the wheel-thrown pot decorated with stripes and swirls. Room II. Ancient and Medieval ages Exhibits from the Roman world are mainly on […]

This building is also locally known as Las Tomasas Palace, as it belonged to two sisters who were nicknamed such. It boasts exuberant “historicist” décor, based on the Alhambra’s decorative elements. The entrance hall displays tiles from the Triana neighbourhood in Seville. The artesonado ceilings in the main courtyard and the staircase are also noteworthy.

The watchtower trail is a hiking trail that allows us find out more about the military architecture that surrounds Alcalá la Real. We access the two best preserved watchtowers from the town centre: Moraleja tower and Cascante tower, both located to the south of the town and declared as being a site of cultural interest. The trail passes nine watchtowers with their panels that provide directions, recommendations and descriptions with information about the border defence system surrounding the walled town of Alcalá la Real, a map of the watchtowers and information about how they were used. HISTORICAL POINTS Military strategy during the Middle Ages gave great importance to the watchtowers. They served as vantage points that informed of the enemies’ movements and their possible attacks. There is a wide network of Christian and Moorish watchtowers around Alcalá la Real, which was the key feature of the border system during the low Middle Ages, serving as a means of communication between castles and towns, such as Alcaudete, Moclín and even the Alhambra. The area’s watchtowers can be differentiated by their size, height and the constructive material. Traditionally, there was a difference between Christian and Moorish watchtowers, but at source, all were built during the height of […]

Company located in Navas del Selpillar, within the municipal district of Lucena. It offers tours of the vineyards and cellars with the Montilla Moriles D.O. The estate was a wine press and some of the large concrete tanks, known in the region as ‘conos’, still remain outside. It is a mixed agricultural holding of olive groves and vineyards. In terms of the olive grove, you can find everything from century-old olive trees with 3 trunks to 3-year-old trees. The dominant varieties are the hojiblanca belonging to the Lucena olive oil PDO. The marteña or picual varieties dominate 3 of the plots of olive trees. The vineyard sits in 3 plots with a trellis system; mostly of the Pedro Ximenez variety which falls within the Montill-Moriles PDO. There are three different varieties, in red (Tempranillo), and in white (Pedro Ximenez, Moscatel Grano Menudo), as well as other varieties of table wines. They offer tours for groups and individuals. Book in advance. Languages: Spanish, English.  Activities:  In the field of vines and wine. Winemaking workshop with harvesting and traditional grape treading. (August and September) Red wine-making workshop. (August and September) Grape tasting. (August and September) Guided tour of the Wine-ageing cellar Guided tasting […]