Description
It owes its origin, like so many other churches, to a hermitage. In 1550, Pedro de Valencia built at his expense this, on a site that he acquired from Bartolomé Fernández de Montemolín and cost the image of Saint Lucia. The master, Manuel García del Álamo, built the altarpiece of the Rosary, which is now missing. In 1778, shortly before he was erected in parish, he brought the baptismal pile of the Alcalaine church of the Mota. Three years later, devotion to Our Lady of the Dolores was consolidated.
In the century of the great reforms (XVIII), the friar church became the help of the parish of Santa María la Mayor, of Alcalá la Real (1778). New works were made in charge of Master Jacinto Pérez, which consisted of lengthening the ship and building a major chapel that was not there.
Church of Saint Lucia - 124; Views
In the second half of the 19th century, the church was dedicated to the Virgin of the Dolores and the dimensions of the building were not enough for the number of neighbors. It had an altarpiece composed of several paintings and chaired by an image of the size of the Dolorosa, attributed to José de Mora. There were only three altars on the ship. From this time it was the wooden door with claverie, dated 1852.
At the end of the 20th century and by the hand of the parish priest Alberto Jaime Martínez Pulido, the reform was carried out which we can see today, maintaining the ancient elements, but with a view to the new millennium. From this stage is the magnificent craftsman that was made in Atarfe (Granada) in the workshop of 'The Three Juans'.
Among the oldest elements still stands the tower-bell tower, with three bells bearing the sound names of Our Lady of the Dolores, San Rafael and Virgen de las Mercedes.
