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Santuario Cristo Del Paño

This is the former parish church of Santa María de la Encarnación, which was founded by the Catholic Monarchs. After being damaged during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), it was restored in the twentieth century and used as a church, service chapel and sacristy. The main chapel, designed by Martín Bolívar, was built in the mid-sixteenth century, and the rest of the nave was added later. It has a square floor plan, ashlar walls with buttresses at the corners and a star-shaped stone vault adorned with elaborate decorations. Through a Tuscan doorway adorned with scallop shells and geometric fins, visitors can access the sacristy, which boasts a beam structure with hexagonal coffered ceilings and Renaissance rosettes in its alcoves. The simple yet tasteful portal at the foot of the altar features coffered Corinthian pilasters, a threaded arch adorned with brackets and garlands, and the coat of arms of Archbishop Guerrero. Above this is a flared oculus with a small angel at the top. The frieze above the pilasters bears the following inscription: Año 1560. It is also believed that the church’s popular pilgrimage inspired Federico García Lorca to write certain passages in his work Yerma. The church is located on Calle Mota.