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Chapel of Santiago

The Chapel of Santiago is a Catholic church on Plaza de los Naranjos, in the centre of Marbella's old town. Dating from the 15th century, it is considered the oldest religious building in the city and was built after the Crown of Castile took Marbella. It was originally a mosque consecrated after the Reconquest, and in 1505 the Archbishop of Seville raised it to parish status, a rank it kept until roughly the 17th century, when it became a chapel. The building consists of a single rectangular nave measuring 8 x 16 metres, with a flat ceiling inside and a pitched roof outside, covered with Moorish-style tiles. Outside, a small bell gable stands out, and on the side facing Plaza de los Naranjos there is a niche with a contemporary sculpture of the Apostle Santiago. It is home to the Brotherhood of the Santísimo Cristo del Amor, María Santísima de la Caridad and San Juan Evangelista.

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