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Nuestra Señora
de los Remedios | Plaza
de las Flores | La Torre del Reloj | Ruinas
del Castillo de San Luis | The Watchtowers | La
Ermita del Calvario | Castillo
del Nicio
La Torre del Reloj
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| La Torre del Reloj |
Estepona like so many villages in Southern Spain
was fought over by the moors and the Christians until it was
finally
captured by the Enrique IV of Castile in 1457. He ordered the building
of a church on the site of the old Mosque.
The church was completed
around 1473. it is the oldest ecclesiastical building on the Costa
del Sol, but today only the clock tower survives. In the 18th
Century
a neo-classical dome was added.
Inevitably since the site is
now a school, the square is usually noisy and seems to be a
popular
choice for the playing of football - spain's fastest growing religion
.
The above text was reproduced from the the book
"In Search of Andalucia" by kind permission of the authors
David Wood and Chris Wawn. Click
here to order your copy from our online book store.
GPS Location: 36º
25' 31'' N 5º 08' 47'' W
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