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The Iglesia del Salvador (Salvador´s Chuch) is the second largest temple in Sevilla after the Santa Cathedral. The church was built where formerly was the mayor mosque known as Idn-Addabas. The construction work began in 1674 by the architect Stephen Garcia and were finalized in 1712 by Leonardo de Figueroa. From this ninth-century Arab building, still remains the yard Abluciones and the base of the tower.
Inside you can find some masterpieces such as the Caytano  Acosta works (like the cover of the Sacrament Chapel or the altarpiece), Martinez Montanes (sizes of Our Passion and Jesus de San Cristobal, in the Baroque altarpiece) and Juan de Mesa, as Love in Christ esculturadel in the neo-baroque altarpiece.

The Samay Feetup Hostel in Sevilla is just 15 minutes away from the Inglesia del Salvador!

Located on the square of the same name, occupying what was once the old Convent of the Merced Calzada, founded by St. Peter Nolasco on a land donated by Fernando III after conquering Sevilla, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla was founded as a "museum of paintings" by a Royal Decree of September 16, 1835, with works from convents and monasteries disentailed by the Mendizabal´s liberal government . Since then the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville has become the most important museums in Spain, after the Prado Museum.
The building had suffered multiples transformations in the seventeenth century, by determination of Fray Alonso de Monroy, general of the Order since 1602. The architect and sculptor Juan de Oviedo de la Bandera started the construction in 1603 traces, which began with the demolition of the old Moorish building. In 1612 the temple was completed and almost half a century later the rest of the factory, thereby constituting one of the most beautiful examples of Andalusian mannerism.
The current collection of paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville is divided into two main sections, the Seville Baroque and a section dedicated to romentic and typical images. Apart from works belonging to famous schools  of Seville, Valencia and Catalonia in the 15th century, there is also some good examples of Flemish painting. One of it´s masterpieces that  deserve a special mention is theportrait of "Jorge Manuel", painted by his father El Greco.

The Samay Feetup Hostel in Sevilla is just 20 minutes away from the Fine Arts Museum.

The Jewish quarter of Seville was a neighborhood in the city of Seville where Jews lived since the conquest of the city by Ferdinand III  until the their expulsionafter the "Edict of Granada" made by the Catholic Kings. Currently still known as juedería to that area of town that is built into the current Santa Cruz district.

When the city of Seville was reconquered by the Christian King Fernando III, the Jews began to settle in abundance in the city. King Alfonso IX gave them the three mosques to be reconverted as synagogues, now they are the present church of Santa Maria la Blanca, Santa Cruz and San Bartolomé.In 1492 was decreed the expulsion of Jews from Spain or their conversion to Christianity.

Today is still possible to see how the neighbourhood and it´s structure just walking by this incredible well preserved treasury of the Seville’s history..

Just around the corner is the Samay Feetup Hostel in Sevilla.