The Exaltación Fraternity will restore one of the great jewels of the Church of Santa Catalina: Holy Church For the temple affiliated with the Holy Thursday Foundation. The work will focus on the main altar of the aforementioned space, which is located … In the nave of the Santa Catalina Gospel next to the head of the temple. It is, without a doubt, One of the great exponents of the Baroque Sevillen and Andalusian, it strongly attracts attention amid the Gothic Mudéjar architecture prevailing in the church.
The Regional Heritage Committee of the Ministry of Culture has given its approval to the project to preserve the altar of this church, the work of Leonardo de Figueroa. The project is written by the restorer Jose Luis Garcia GonzalezLike that A pair of display cases Santa Catalina, so work can begin when the brothers see fit, in the near future.
Specifically, the equine fraternity celebrated Tuesday A Board of Elections In which the list headed by the sole candidate was elected, Pedro Avendaño Rodriguezuntil now Big Brother’s lieutenant. His candidacy, in continuation of the outgoing Government Council, included in his program the continuation and completion of some projects, in addition to the implementation of other planned actions such as the preservation of this architectural jewel of the church on Alhondega Street.
Work will be done on upkeep and upkeep, in order to avoid having to carry out a comprehensive restoration in the future.
Expect brothers Signing a cooperation agreement With a company specializing in restoration to maintain this space. This company, along with the agency, will manage the available subsidies and coordinate maintenance. In addition, the Board of Directors will reserve A Budget item For these conservation tasks, thus avoiding having to undertake a comprehensive restoration of the church in the future due to lack of maintenance. Therefore, the work will not be urgent or comprehensive, but rather conservative in nature.
The Immaculate Conception presides over the Holy Church
This intervention comes a few years after Restoration carried out by conservator Pedro Manzano On the picture above the main altar of the church, there is a precious carving of the church Immaculate Conception The work of the academic volume of the image maker Benito Hita and Castillo It dates back to 1756. This intervention, carried out throughout 2023 and funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Andalusia, restored the Virgin to her original polychrome colour, which had been largely obscured by time, and caused the recovery of the color of her rich and detailed clothing.
Three centuries of vacuum horror
expected from Architect Leonardo de Figueroaauthor of the Church of San Luis de los Francis, in the first half of the eighteenth century. In addition to being an exceptional example of Baroque art, it constitutes… One of the clearest examples of the horror of the void In the city of Seville, with a great harmonious concentration of sculptures, paintings, plaster, stonework and gilding in the small space of the church.
In 1721, the Holy Brotherhood of Santa Catalina asked the city council to transfer land adjacent to the head temple of Santa Catalina Parish for Building the current churchlarger than the previous church, the current church of the Virgen del Rosario. The business started in the same year after franchising the Municipal Express. Figueroa directed the work With the help of his sons Matthias and Ambrosio. These continued until 1736, six years after the architect’s death. For this reason, the mason Juan Serrano and the masons Fernando Jordaán and Miguel Quintana also participated in its construction, who made the pier and the base of red and black jasper respectively. After the Eucharist merged with the horses in 1964, this, like many other assets, became part of their heritage.
the The final restoration of the churchimplemented in depth Between 1995 and 1997Before Santa Catalina closed. There was cooperation from the Argentaria Foundation and the Ministry of Culture. The intervention was supervised by Alfredo José Morales, assisted by architects Ramon Romero and Carmen Ortiz in the architectural works and Dr. Juan Aguilar Gutierrez in the restoration of movable property. In 2021 Tertiary centenary From the beginning of its construction with an extensive program of commemorative events.