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Convento de las Carmelitas

Created in 1649 with the main function of sheltering and training poor and orphaned young people, it was soon afterwards placed at the disposal of the Order of the Reformed Carmel.

Its morphology presents a Latin cross plan covered with barrel vault, full of lunettes and divided into three sections. It has the access door on the epistle side, where the sacristy is also located. The main altarpiece, designed by Juan Martínez de Vargas in 1675 and presided over by the image of Our Lady of Carmen, stands out above all.

Convento de San Diego

Erigated at the end of 1624 under the instructions of Francisco Daza, this convent underwent numerous renovations throughout the 18th century.

The convent was built in 1624 under the instructions of Francisco Daza.

In 1835 its activity is dissolved and its contents are divided between the parish and the convent of Carmen. The constant reform of its dependencies, the last of them completed in 2002, has almost completely erased its original structure, retaining only the church, consisting of four sections articulated by pilasters and barrel vault.

Ermita de la Aurora

Because of its physiognomy, this hermitage could be considered quite unusual, since its nave is considerably crooked. It is composed of three bays, trimmed pilasters and covered by a barrel vault. The chevet is square in shape and is covered by a half-orange vault on pendentives, topped by a lantern.

The most attractive and outstanding feature is the beautiful baroque belfry that rises over the door with three openings.

INFORMATION OF INTEREST

Information of interest

The church is a beautiful baroque belfry.

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Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Hermosa

This temple, built in the 15th century, underwent numerous reforms throughout the following centuries, highlighting those made throughout the 18th century until it became what it is today. Over the years it was decided to unify the three naves into one and cover the temple with a barrel vault with sashes and lunettes. Likewise, the eight existing side chapels were distributed, and domes were built in the main chapel and in the adjoining chapel.

Ermita de San Juan

It is a temple built in 1515 and founded as the hospital of San Juan de Letran. It was initially run by the Franciscan Conceptionists, who settled there and turned it into a convent. The hermitage that is preserved today forms the head of the old convent, of which only the main chapel was erected.

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Granada

It is a temple that is practically rebuilt and of which only the old original tower of the fifteenth century and that surrounds the main chapel is preserved.

In the 16th century the sacristy was added, a century later the side doors and, in the 18th century, the interior was definitively organized with a single nave covered with a barrel vault divided into six bays, with shallow chapels between the buttresses.

Yacimientos Arqueológico de los Castillejos

The site where the deposits are located is mainly divided into two sectors:

The site is divided into two sectors:

The site is divided into two sectors:

-The first one is located at the foot of the fence, this is called Castillejos I. The second one is located at the top of the hill, also known as Castillejos II.

These two areas of the castro are in a good state of preservation, housing several rectangular and square rooms, masonry plinths and rammed earth walls. Although undoubtedly the most outstanding element of the whole settlement is the wall found in Castillejos II, perfectly preserved. This presents almost perfectly the contours of the terrain, taking an almost pentagonal shape, also worth mentioning the thickness of up to three meters at some points and the signs that show that it had large rectangular towers.

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From Castillejos I little is preserved since it is maintained the theory that the village was abandoned by fires that have destroyed it. This fact is believed to be very close to reality due to the large number of ashes that have been found around the wall.

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