Iglesia de Santiago Apostol

The parish church of Santiago, in Gothic-Mudejar style, was begun in 1503, by testamentary disposition of García Méndez de Sotomayor, the Commander of the Order of Santiago. Traditionally it has been considered an old Jewish synagogue, but possibly the materials from the recently demolished old temple of San Mateo, where the old synagogue and mosque may have been, were reused in its construction. The church has a rectangular ground plan with three naves divided by octagonal pillars supporting pointed brick arches with alfiz. The three naves are covered with a reconstructed coffered ceiling modelled on the original. Today, decorated in harmony with the Mudejar style of the rest of the church, it houses the Cristo de la Columna (Christ of the Column), the work of the famous Sevillian sculptor Pedro Roldán, made in the 17th century, and Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza (Our Lady of Hope).