Iglesia de San Esteban

Built on an old mosque in Seville, the San Esteban Church has three naves with an apse, two pointed doorways and a bell tower. It had to be refurbished following the Lisbon earthquake in 1755.

It contains altarpieces, images and paintings of great artistic, historic and cultural value, attributed to major artists as Miguel Polanco and Zurbarán.

The outside of the church features two magnificent pointed stone doorways with archivolts. The most highly regarded is at the foot of the church, featuring beautiful images supported by columns and covered by a canopy. The upper part presents a magnificent body of poly-lobed blind arches with strapwork culminating in a thin line of carved stone corbels in the shape of a lion's head. The second entrance, located on the Epistle side, features lines of sculpted diamond tips on the interior arch.

While the doorways are estimated to have been built in the early 15th century, the tower at the head of the Epistle nave is the product of several restorations. Built in the 17th century by Juan Gómez, it suffered the effects of the Lisbon earthquake in 1755, and was then rebuilt to a design by Pedro de Silva by his son Andrés in 1758.