San Lucas Church

San Lucas Church

History

San Lucas church (St. Luke) is one of the churches that Alfonso X ordered to build after the Jerez conquest. It is built above an ancient mosque and it is a baroque style.

Exterior description

The main facade was built in the 14th century. It is bell-shaped and it bears over itself the tower, which has rectangular body and also includes a niche with a St. Luke sculpture that hold a little bulrush built in 1729. It has the access through a perron that connects with the church with the square.

Interior description

The church has three naves and two sections, and the polygonal head. Its interior is a baroque style due to the restoration which did during the years 1714 and 1730 by Vartolomé Baptista.

It is think that the apse is the oldest elements of the church. It is polygonal plant and it is composed of a vault. In this places, it is located the solomonic altarpiece of Francisco Lopes who built it in 1723. In the centre of this, it is located the sculpture of Virgin Mary of Guadalupe, which according to the tradition was donated by the Alfonso XI King after El Salado's Battle. Both of the sides of this sculpture are located the St. Fernando and St. Isidoro. On the altarpiece top is located St. Luke sculpture which is flanked by St. Sebastián and St. John.

In the epistle nave's head exists a square piece covered with a fake dome at the same time that in the Gospel side. It thinks that was built in 1714. In this place is located the rococo altarpiece built in 1764 by Matías Navarro. In the altarpiece, there is in the centre the St. Jose sculpture flanked by St. Peter and St. Pablo. Also, next to the altarpiece, there is a painting of the 17th century of the "Virgin Mary and the Kid".

The St. Anne altarpiece is in the head of the Gospel nave. It was built in the 18th century and it is rococo style. It is located the St. Anne sculpture and under this, a St. Joaquin sculpture donated by José Ponce de León in 1733.

In the wall next to the epistle is located a rococo altarpiece of the 18th century, with tiled benches built around 1700. Next to that, it is the sanctuary which is covered with two sections of gothic vault. The sanctuary is chaired by a rococo altarpiece with the St. Rafael sculpture.

The animas chapel is chaired by Francisco Camacho Mendoza's altarpiece which was built in 1725. This altarpiece is composed by the Virgin Mary and the Kid and St. Luke.

Next to this chapel is located the Camporreal Chapel, which was built by Andrés de Ribera in 1582. Regrettably was maimed in 1728 and reformed in 1971. In its interior, we have to highlight the Nuestra Señora de los Dolores sculpture, which is 18th century.

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Contact and location

Address: Plaza San Lucas

 Telephone: 956338470