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Church of Our Lady of the Incarnation

The church of Our Lady of the Incarnation of the municipality of Olvera is located in the Plaza de la Iglesia. Building is a neoclassical sent erected in the late eighteenth century by the Dukes of Osuna and completed in 1843, after the demolition in 1822 after the former main church, with the same dedication. That old church retains only its apse. We know that the ancient temple, under the foundations of today was built by Juan Tellez Giron II and its architectural style was the Gothic-Mudejar with one tower and steeple.

Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies

The Shrine of Our Lady of Remedios, located two kilometers from the town of Cadiz in Olvera, was built in the seventeenth century on the basement of a chapel of the sixteenth century.Round in recent years the 300,000 visits a year and its owner is one of the very few Virgin Cadiz canonically crowned, particularly in 1966. It is, therefore, one of the most deeply rooted Andalusian devotions devotions.The sanctuary has supracomarcal field and was attended by believers from increasingly distant populations, which come mainly from the Sierra de Cadiz, Seville and Malaga and deposit in the numerous votive offerings, which have been studied in depth by the anthropologist Rodriguez Becerra

Olvera Castle

The Arab castle of Olvera was built in the late twelfth century, as part of the defensive system of the Nazari kingdom of Granada. The bill now know has, however, obvious Christian features in its construction, the result of successive renovations that had to suffer the Castle from its takeover by the Spanish troops.Olvera Castle, declared of Cultural Interest since 1985 as defensive architecture, is located in the delineation of historical and artistic interest. The building is also listed by the Municipal Planning Subsidiary Rules definitively approved on May 17, 1999, with a level of comprehensive protection.

Carastas Castle

Carastas Castle is located in the municipality of Olvera in the province of Cadiz.Also known as Castle Ayamonte.This is a small castle situated on a ridge of tuff porous, leaving only accessible to the party giving the access ramp, in turn, ending in a door, from what little is left of it, is that it was brick and was framed by a rectangular frame. The keep also served as a defense to the door and she guesses the existecia a small brocket.Under the tower is a well almost blinded. The walls are of little thickness, and a bridge parapet should be made of wood.

Convent of Santos Sewers

It is situated in the town of Olvera, in an area of great landscape value and is owned by the municipality Alcala del Valle. The Convent of Santos Sewers originated in the sixteenth century, when the Conde de Urena and Moron provides land for the construction of a shrine to Our Lady of Holy Sewers. By increasing the devotion of the faithful was decided till the Convent and House in 1542.The building construction corresponds typologically to a convent, where church and cloister are the building blocks around which other agencies are organized.

Barrio de la Villa

It is the oldest district of the municipality. It is in the highest part of town. Immerse yourself in its streets is to travel 700 years ago, wherever there was a default Olvera is the most obvious way to check your sources: narrow streets and corners, strategic corners. Extending around the Castle, the neighborhood was surrounded by Arab walls.

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