Iglesia de Santa Cruz
The church stands out from the rest of the town thanks to the ochre colour of its tiles and the brickwork of its walls. It dates back to 1501, when the parish was attached to that of Capileira de Poqueira. On 15 October that year, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Archbishop of Seville, canonically established the original parish of Pampaneira alongside 44 others in the Alpujarra Tahas. The church was built in the second half of the sixteenth century and was one of the few monuments not to be burnt down during the Moorish uprising of 1570; consequently, a decade later, it was still in good condition. Francisco Sánchez, a bricklayer, carried out some work in 1587, and by 1621, Pampaneira was said to have a small church.
By 1718, the original church was in danger of collapse, so Manuel de Alda Pérez was sent to inspect the site of the new church and assess the work required. The original church must have remained standing for some time; however, it has now completely disappeared. The current church dates from the beginning of the eighteenth century. Construction began in 1726 and was completed by 1730, as documented in the minutes of the laying of the first stone. In 1728, Alfonso Aguirre travelled to Pampaneira to select trees for the framework. This framework is an example of Mudejar religious architecture surviving into the first half of the eighteenth century. Together with the temples of Bayacas and Cáñar, it is one of the few remaining examples of Mudejar coffered ceilings in the Granada Alpujarra. Consisting of a single nave, the church has a splendid Mudejar-style coffered ceiling and four wooden altarpieces dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Historically, there was also a gilded wooden altarpiece dedicated to San José, as well as a painted altarpiece dedicated to Santa Filomena. It is located in Plaza de la Libertad.