Basílica de Santa María de la Esperanza Macarena
Baroque sanctuary of a sorrowful Virgin adorned with a bullfighter's emerald gift, heart of Seville's Holy Week.
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This guide to the Basilica de Santa Maria de la Esperanza Macarena in Seville follows the bullfighter Joselito el Gallo, who credited his fame to the carved Virgin above the altar and pinned five emerald brooches to her before her 1913 coronation. It traces his rise in the ring and Seville's devotion to the Macarena, a face locals say has moved crowds for three centuries.
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