Ermita de Jesús

Monument

Calle Sor Angela de la Cruz, 27, Lopera. 23780, Lopera How to get

The Hermitage of Jesus. Its main portal is from the 18th century and belongs to the Baroque style. The main door is located between buttresses, it has two floors with a trilobed arch appearing both on the lower and upper floors; at the same time both are welcomed by a semicircular arch. The first floor appears crowned by an open triangular pediment and pinnacles. Its rectangular plan has three naves, the central one being wider than the lateral ones.

The naves are separated by semicircular arches that are placed on Tuscan columns, the central one is covered with a half-barrel vault and the lateral ones with groin vaults. At her feet we can see a tall choir.
The presbytery is rectangular with a half-orange vault on pendentives, these are decorated with stucco motifs distributed around the arches. The cornices and pendentives serve as frames for paintings of the tetramorph (four evangelists). This hermitage is also equipped with a dressing room in the background, it belongs to the 19th century and is neoclassical in style. It has an octagonal floor plan and is covered with an oval vault, which has radiated intrados and four radial oculi with stained glass.
The central altarpiece, from the 19th century in neoclassical style, has a single body with a semicircular arch, in which the figure of Jesús Nazareno is framed by the sculptor Gabriel Borrás, on the left side on a base appears the figure of the Immaculate Conception of 1.55 m in baroque style from the 18th century. The image of Our Father Jesus is from the 20th century, specifically from 1939. Jesus appears with the cross on his shoulders slightly bent, with a bearded head and abundant hair, he wears a carved tunic. During Holy Week and on September 14 (Jesus Day), he wears a rich tunic embroidered in gold thread that dates from 1904 and that belonged to the old disappeared image.
The altarpiece of Ntra. Sra. De los Dolores belongs to the 18th century, in a baroque style, its state of conservation is good, it consists of a single body flanked by Solomonic columns that support an attic where a canvas is inscribed that represents the dead Christ with great perfection. In the center there is a niche with the figure of the Virgen de los Dolores dressed in a black velvet cloak embroidered in gold thread of great value. This image was restored in 2006 by Don José Luis Ojeda Navío, who attributes the carving to the Seville Neo-Baroque School of the s. XVII.
The altarpiece of El Niño de la Bola, from the 18th century and in the Baroque style, consists of a single body separated into three streets by Corinthian pilasters, between which are inscribed windows with images. In the central niche appeared the child with the ball, although today there is an Immaculate. Saint Joseph appears in the left niche and the Virgin of Fátima appears in the right niche. It is crowned with an attic where "Jacob's dream" is represented in oil painting on the canvas.
Finally, the front of the Altar of the Hermitage of the 18th century and baroque style, consists of rectangular plates of red Goat marble that are decorated with a border where a dotted drawing is inscribed. In the center of the piece appears the Franciscan shield. The Pulpito de la Ermita, from the 19th century and neoclassical style, is made up of a baluster on which a hexagonal tribune rises. The whole set is decorated with forged motifs from the Andújar school. Attached to this Hermitage is the old Convent of Jesus that was the headquarters of the College of the Sisters of the Cross.