Iglesia de San Jorge

In 1517, the 5th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Alonso Perez de Guzmán, nicknamed ""The Fatuous"", allowed the large English colony residing in the town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda to build a church next to the shipyards, dedicated to the patron saint of the English, Saint George.

In 1530, the King of England Henry VIII granted a privilege to enable the counsellors of English merchants from Andalusia to collect trade taxes to cover the expenses of the chapel of San Jorge in Sanlúcar. In addition to the church, they also built a hospital for the poor and St George's School, which would be used to meet the needs of the English community.

It is a building with a single nave covered by a vault. The front is built in the Renaissance style, quite simple.

The artistic piece of this church is the altarpiece. Built by the Flemish artist based in Sanlúcar at the end of the 17th century and early 18th, Pedro Relins, it is decorated with four Solomonic columns and Baroque ornaments. Here we can see the sculptures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, as well as Saint George.

In 1985, the English catholic church gave the church and buildings that made it up to the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Rocío de Sanlúcar.