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Collegiate Church of San Hipólito
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From 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Other nearby places of interest are the Victory Gardens, the Gardens of Agriculture and the Calleja de las Flores.
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At the beginning of the 18th century the nave, transept and façadeof the church were completed in 1736, the year in which the mortal remains of the two monarchs were finally transferred to the Collegiate Church of San Hipólito. The interior consists of a single nave and preserves the Gothic head of the first medieval construction, highlighting in the presbytery the beautiful tombs of the kings Ferdinand IV the Emplazado and Alfonso ;lith of Rome inside a niche. Unfortunately, in 1852 its title of Collegiate Church was suppressed and its management was transferred to the Company of Jesus, a religious order that follows the He is currently in charge of the building and has supervised the numerous restoration works that have been carried out in recent years.
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The primitive church dedicated to Saint Hipó ;lito de Roma was founded in the year 1343 by order of King Alfonso XI with the idea of creating a monastic complex that would serve as Royal Pantheon< /strong> where to house the remains of his father, King Ferdinand IV, who was buried in the Mosque of Córdoba. Four years later, Pope Clement VI granted him the title of Collegiate Church and designated Nine canons were appointed to carry out religious functions but unfortunately, the building was not taken away. It continued until the 18th century when King Philip V finally moved He recovered the bodies of the kings that were resting in the mosqueand ordered construction was resumed.
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