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Hospital de la Caridad
C/ Temprado 3
Sevilla
Andalucia
Spain
95 422 32 32
Type: Historical Interest
Addmission Fee: 3 Euro
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 am-1:30 pm and 3:30-6:30 pm; Sun. 9 am-1 pm
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Sevilla
Andalucia
Spain
95 422 32 32
Type: Historical Interest
Addmission Fee: 3 Euro
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 am-1:30 pm and 3:30-6:30 pm; Sun. 9 am-1 pm
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The financier of this church/hospital, Don Miguel de Mañara, may or may not have served as the inspiration for Spanish dramatist Tirso de Molina’s fanciful play El Burlador de Sevilla, more commonly known as The Seducer of Sevilla and, moreover, as the play that introduced the enduring fictitious romantic Don Juan. It is said the founder was a playboy and the early death of his beautiful wife and an unhealthy lifestyle hastened his turning point – when supposedly Mañara emerged from a lascivious ball into a vision of his own funeral procession. Whatever his motivations, Mañara did seek to reverse his fortunes; he joined and became head of the Santa Carídad Brotherhood (Brotherhood of Charity) and in 1672 founded this charity hospital, a handsome white Baroque affair trimmed in ocher tones. What may seem lighthearted outside delves into the fatalistic once you are inside. The main Baroque altarpiece by Sevillano Pedro Roldán is a shining gold beauty and a heartfelt nod to the “seventh work of compassion,” the burying of Christ. Paintings by Murillo depict the sick being tended, while painter Valdéz Leal preferred to render the morbid results of infirmity. The body in flesh gives way to frightening skeletons casting a leery gaze. If you need a respite from it all, move into open air the double courtyard, plain white and trimmed in yellow. The burial place of the original Don can then be visited in the Iglesia de San Jorge, which he founded in 1674.
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