Iglesia de Santa María del Sagrario (Church of Santa Maria del Sagrario), Malaga

The church of Santa Maria is a small Tabernacle church adjacent to the cathedral of Malaga. The interiors are richly carved with many spectacular works of art.

The small church was partly built over an ancient mosque. The papal bull of 1488 authorized the construction of the cathedral and this church. The construction style is Isabelline Gothic that was popular for Christian buildings constructed after the defeat of the Moors. The richly carved façade of the church was originally intended for the frontal portion of the cathedral. The church has one rectangular nave with a flat head. The building is home to one of the fraternities that take out a procession on Holy Week called the Brotherhood of Christ Maimed.

The church has many elaborately carved altarpieces including one that depicts the lives of Saint Paul and Saint Peter and a gilded altarpiece of the Virgen de Lourdes. The unique pulpit is made of red marble. The main altarpiece was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. It was replaced by an altarpiece from the Spanish town of Becerril de Campos. An altarpiece depicting the Virgen del Sagrario, also from Becerril de Campos was gifted to the church by a prominent family of Malaga.