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Iglesia de Santa María de la Encarnación la Mayor Ronda

May 22, 2023September 19, 2022 by Clive Muir

History

Originally built in the 14th century as one of the muslim Mosques, the Church of Santa María la Mayor. Known locally as the Iglesia de Santa María de la Encarnación la Mayor it is located in Ronda’s Town Hall square, the Plaza Duquesa de Parcent, and is the biggest and most attractive of the churches. Its distinctive tower and front facade make the church look more like a city hall than a church.

Practice your Spanish and read the translated version of this article here…

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La iglesia de Santa María la Mayor

July 12, 2020April 3, 2020 by Clive Muir

Here is the Spanish language version for the article about the Santa María la Mayor church in Ronda. You can read the original English language version here.

La iglesia de Santa María la Mayor (también conocida como Santa María de la Encarnación la Mayor), fue construída en el s. XIV como una mezquita. Se encuentra en la plaza del Ayuntamiento de Ronda (plaza Duquesa de Parcent) y es la iglesia más grande y atractiva de la ciudad. Su característica torre y su fachada principal hacen esta iglesia más parecida a un ayuntamiento que a una iglesia pero no hay equivocación posible cuando se pasa a su interior.

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Churches in Ronda

January 17, 2023July 11, 2018 by Clive Muir

Ronda is famous for it’s churches built after the reconquest as Catholic Spain asserted it’s control over the formerly Muslim city. Four of the many churches in Ronda are especially noted for their architecture or the story behind them, and all are part of every great tour of Ronda.

Christianity in Ronda began with Visigothic control of Iberia after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, and quickly became the dominant faith. Arab invaders entered Iberia and overran the Visigoths beginning in 711 AD, and until 1485 Ronda was a Muslim stronghold alternating between liberal interpretations of Muslim faith and the more conservative Sharia versions.

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Iglesia de Nuestro Padre Jesús Ronda

May 1, 2014 by Clive Muir

Originally built at the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th century the church was dedicated to Santa Cecilia who at the time of the reconquest was enjoying a great deal of popularity as the patron saint of musicians and churches.

The tower and entrance of Padre Jesús is gothic having been part of the original church, the remainder is renaissance period.

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Nuestra Señora del Socorro

May 1, 2014March 8, 2012 by Clive Muir

The church of muestra Señora del Socorro in Ronda

The parish church of Socorro (Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Socorro) was only built in 1956 but it and the plaza around it feature prominently on every walking tour of Ronda. The ground on which the church stands was the location of a parish chapel, a hospital, and before that a Muslim chapel.

During the reconquest of Ronda the plaza in front of the church was the campsite of Don Tello de Girón, the Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava. After the reconquest the Order of Calatrava built a residence in the site of the current church for their Grand Master, the last of whom, Don García López de Padilla, generously gave the house and its land for the purpose of a hospital for the poor and travelling pilgrims.

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