Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca

The Church of Santa María la Blanca (Spanish: Iglesia de Santa Maria la Blanca) is located in the San Bartolomé neighborhood of the district of Casco Antiguo in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). It was built in the 17th century. It is the headquarters of the Brotherhood of the Rosary of Our Lady of the Snows (Hermandad del Rosario de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves). History In this place, there was a building belonging to the time of the Visigothic Hispania . The south portal of the temple, on Archeros Street, has two columns with Visigothic capitals. After the Reconquest of Seville in 1248, Ferdinand III ceded to the Archdiocese of Seville all the mosques in the city, except for three in the Jewish quarter, which were ceded to the Jews to be their synagogues . This was confirmed by Alfonso X in 1252. This place was one of those synagogues, built in the 13th century, of which no remains are preserved.