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What to see and do in La Algaba

What to see and do in La Algaba (Vega del Guadalquivir, Seville): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 4 Monuments · 1 Activities

When to go to La Algaba: festival calendar

December: Los Candevelares de La Algaba (December 7)

How far each place is from the centre of La Algaba

Towns near La Algaba

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What to see and do in La Algaba

La Algaba
Village
Ferdinand III reconquered it in the spring of 1247, granting it in the 1253 land distribution to his son don Fadrique. In 1556 Philip II raised the lordship to a marquisate, with Francisco de Guzmán y Manrique as its first marquis.
Torre de los Guzmanes
Monument
27-meter, four-story defensive tower commissioned by Juan de Guzmán and completed in 1446, today one of the municipality's symbols.
Iglesia de Santa María de las Nieves de La Algaba
Monument
A Gothic-Mudejar church begun in the late 14th century, with a 15th-century tower, rebuilt after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. The main altarpiece houses an 18th-century Virgen de las Nieves.
Ermita de la Inmaculada de El Aral
Monument
A chapel in the El Aral district, fully restored in 1929, which houses an 18th-century Immaculate Conception and a work attributed to the school of Martínez Montañés.
Ermita de San Salvador de El Aral
Monument
A chapel in the El Aral district with a Neoclassical wooden altarpiece bearing the emblem of the Order of Mercy and a venerated image of the Immaculate Conception.
Los Candevelares de La Algaba
Activity
A tradition unique to La Algaba: on the evening of 7 December, the townspeople of each district build large bonfires ('candelas') topped with a rag figure called a 'júa,' around which carols are sung, in remembrance of the vigils held while awaiting news about the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.