Basilica of La Macarena

Basilica of La Macarena is a basilica in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, significant for its religious history and cultural heritage. A major Sevillian devotional basilica and home of the celebrated Esperanza Macarena image carried in the city’s Holy Week processions. Construction began in 1941 and the church was completed and blessed in 1949.

Designed by the Sevillian architect Aurelio Gómez Millán, it became the headquarters of the Brotherhood of the Macarena. Pope Paul VI granted the church the dignity of a minor basilica in 1966. Architecturally, the site is characterised by 20th-century andalusian historicist sacred architecture.

Major centre of Sevillian Holy Week devotion and home of the Esperanza Macarena image. Devotion centres on the image of María Santísima de la Esperanza Macarena and the brotherhood’s Holy Week observances, especially the Madrugá procession. The entry records the established devotional practice without making a claim of supernatural origin for the image.

Religious use and pilgrimage at the site include Mass, Marian prayer, and Holy Week confraternity devotions. Important observances include Semana Santa / Madrugá. Because worship, ceremonies and heritage visits can overlap, visitors should consult the official institution or the cited public authority for current access, service and visiting arrangements.