Iglesia Hospital de San Juan de Dios

The hospital and church were designed by José de Bada y Navajas, a native of Lucena, and the works were directed by Friar Francisco Álvarez. The entrance is framed by a superb doorway of polychrome marble from the region, made by the Pino Ascanio brothers, prestigious local stonemasons from the mid-18th century. The church has a single nave with a half-barrel vault with lunettes, culminating in a dome decorated with plasterwork. The main altar is presided over by a beautiful altarpiece by Francisco José Guerrero, also the author of five other smaller altarpieces. The hospital, now a residence for the elderly, is arranged around a large central courtyard, whose lower cloister, with arcades on pillars, is beautifully decorated with tiles from Manises, contemporary to the building, which was inaugurated in 1754.