{"id":2011,"date":"2025-01-20T11:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T10:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismodoshermanas.com\/?post_type=rutas-turisticas&p=2011"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:32:13","slug":"city-centre","status":"publish","type":"rutas-turisticas","link":"https:\/\/turismodoshermanas.com\/en\/rutas-turisticas\/centro-ciudad\/","title":{"rendered":"Dos Hermanas City Centre Route"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city of Dos Hermanas has three major nerve centres around which most of its social, cultural, administrative and commercial activity revolves. One of these is the Arenal Square<\/strong>Its strategic location has made it the place where the great majority of the transport links that connect us with other places converge. The urban planning of this square has been successively transformed from the end of the 19th century to the present day. railway station<\/strong> built in 1917 in neo-Mudejar style. Walking along the Ntra. Sra. de Valme pedestrian street<\/em>One of the most important in the city as it was the old royal road that connected Dos Hermanas with the city of Seville, we enter the very heart of Dos Hermanas, after passing through the Juan Rodr\u00edguez Romero Municipal Theatre<\/strong>and a passage that gives birth to the Pedro La\u00edn Entralgo Municipal Library <\/strong>in the Huerta Palacios.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is how we arrived at the centrally located Constitution Square<\/strong> known to locals as the \"The Gardens<\/em> are notable for hosting the New Town Halls<\/em><\/strong>. Its fa\u00e7ade reproduces the one designed by the architects Juan Talavera and Antonio Delgado Roig in the mid-20th century. In this square you can also find the parish<\/strong> oldest in the city dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene<\/strong>. Of uncertain origin, it was extensively remodelled in the 18th century, modifying its old Mudejar style for the neo-classical in terms of its architecture. Particularly significant is the sacramental chapel, where the very devout image of Ntra. Sra. de Valme<\/strong>, protector of the City<\/em>. In honour of this emblematic Gothic image, solemn worship services are held in October, culminating in the famous pilgrimage<\/em><\/strong>It has been declared of Tourist Interest since 1976. From the imagery<\/em> it should be noted that \u00a0the Virgen de la Soledad,<\/em> anonymous 17th century carving and are also of extraordinary workmanship. the Divina Pastora and the Virgen de las Virtudes<\/em>both Baroque works signed by Jos\u00e9 Montes de Oca and attributed to Duque Cornejo respectively. In terms of its pictorial collection, a series of works by Italian school canvases<\/em> dating from the 18th century, as well as others from the 19th century (Cabral Bejarano) and the beginning of the 20th century (Garc\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez).<\/p>\n

Around the beautiful gardens of this square, with its undoubtedly regionalist design, we can appreciate its elegant street furniture, presided over by a cheerful, brightly coloured elegant fountain<\/em> from the beginning of the 20th century. In successive urban development projects the Monument to the Fraternity and<\/strong> the dedicated to the Constitution<\/em><\/strong> known as that of H.M. King Juan Carlos I for being the bearer of the book containing the Magna Carta.<\/p>\n

Attached to the parish church of Santa Mar\u00eda Magdalena is the temple<\/strong> oldest in the town dedicated to St. Anne's<\/strong>, patron saint of the place<\/em>. It is Mudejar in style and its 17th century Baroque altarpiece houses a very important and valuable Gothic-style sculpture representing this dedication. Just at the entrance to the church is the burial<\/em> of a Genoese nobleman of the family of the Grimaldi family.<\/em><\/p>\n

Opposite this chapel, a reference point for the birth and origin of our city, is the\u00a0 Torre del Olivar or \"Santa Ana\" (Olive Grove or \"Santa Ana\" Tower)<\/strong>This is a viewpoint that was added at the beginning of the 20th century to an old 18th century hacienda, of which only its fa\u00e7ade remains. There is a plaque dedicated to Fern\u00e1n Caballero<\/strong>, distinguished writer<\/em> who perpetuated and made known through his work the history and legends surrounding our city. Above the arch of the doorway, we find an interesting inscription that gives the date next to a tile of the Virgen del Mayor Dolor<\/em> which gave its name to the Treasury<\/em>. This construction was part of the haciendas of Montefrio and Sortes<\/em>located just in front of this doorway. From here you can admire the elegant baroque fa\u00e7ade of the aforementioned buildings. haciendas of Montefrio and Sortes<\/strong> with decorative sgraffito and a superb viewpoint<\/strong><\/em> which, together with the tower of the parish church, define the skyline of the area. The hacienda preserves two restored and reinterpreted Mudejar-style naves which, together with modern facilities built in 2019, make up the La Almona\" Cultural Centre<\/strong> a reference point at the provincial level for its important cultural programme. The interior, with a view of the La Mina Street<\/em>The windmill tower<\/em> from the 17th century belonging to an earlier oil mill.<\/p>\n

The third of the three major focal points is the junction of two adjacent squares, Plaza de la Mina and Emigrante Square<\/strong><\/em>around which the local market and a large part of the services revolve. It is worth mentioning that in this enclave you can find the traditional Abastos Market<\/strong> in front of which the eighteenth-century Tower-viewpoint of the former Hacienda del Lanero or de las Botijas<\/strong>. Following its pedestrianised streets, on one side you can admire the House of D. Manuel Andr\u00e9s Traver,<\/strong> with its beautiful regionalist lookout tower, as well as, following the populous Street San Sebastian<\/strong><\/em>we arrived at the Chapel<\/strong> dedicated to this Saint - unofficial patron saint of Dos Hermanas - <\/em>originally a hermitage built at the end of the 16th century. This Mudejar temple was greatly transformed at the beginning of the 20th century, and its interior contains, among other things, an important image of Christ Crucified (Cristo de la Vera-Cruz),<\/em> probably modelled at the end of the 16th century or beginning of the 17th century following the techniques of the images from Michuac\u00e1n (Mexico). Next to the church stands the San Sebasti\u00e1n school group, designed by the architect Juan Talavera in regionalist style. A short distance from this school, on the well-known Calle Real Utrera<\/em> we locate the Chapel of the Se\u00f1or del Gran Poder<\/strong>This is an image of great devotion in the city, as well as another school of the same design, date and authorship as the previous one, this time home to the Official School of Languages.<\/p>\n

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