17 Iglesia de San Juan Bautista

The origins of this property date back to a chapel mentioned in historical records from 1608, although it did not become the parish church until 1681. The current building is the result of further construction in 1727, when it took the shape of a Latin cross, with masonry walls, wooden floors and semicircular arches in the transept. Consecrated in 1747, its current decoration derives from reforms carried out on the apse at the end of the eighteenth century. The tabernacle that presides over this space was built at that time, and is a faithful reproduction of a design by José de Betancourt (1783) that complements a pictorial cycle with curious iconography and bold perspectives.

The church contains a notable collection of altarpieces, paintings and sculptures from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, both local and imported works. Imported works include the distinctive Christ tied to the Column, a symbol of local religiosity attributed to Seville sculptor Pedro Roldán (c. 1688).