Skip to main content

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación

The church was built in the sixteenth century on the site of a mosque, which survived until the General Conversion of 1500. After this, the mosque was adapted for Christian worship. It was later demolished to make way for a new, permanent church. The oldest book preserved in the parish archive, dated 1572, states that the church was built in 1558 under the direction of Diego de Jaén and Juan de Vandelvira. Renovations throughout its history have obscured its original Mudejar style. It has three unequal naves, which are separated by semicircular arches that rest on Doric pillars. Only the frescoes in the Ermita de la Virgen de Belén remain of those that once decorated its interior. They feature the coat of arms of the Dukes of Gor and a legend stating that Don Sancho of Castile, Lord of Gor, had them painted out of devotion during the reign of King Carlos II of Spain in 1699. One of the two portals on the church's façade dates it to 1645, the year in which the work was completed. The two-storey tower is topped by a curious wrought- iron belfry. There are four chapels containing images of the saints: San Cayetano, San Blas, the Virgin of the Rosary and the Virgin of Sorrows. It is located on Calle Calaveras