The Santa Iglesia Catedral Basilica de la Encarnación is the cathedral of Malaga.

Located opposite the Plaza del Obispo, the temple is considered one of the most valuable Renaissance jewels in Andalusia.

It is located within the limits marked by the disappeared Arab wall on the site of the original Aljama mosque, the place where the Catholic Monarchs Isabel and Fernando ordered the erection of a Christian temple a few days after conquering the city in 1487.

Its construction process began in 1525 and ended in 1782, although unfinished. The original traces, in the Gothic style, led to a Renaissance project in whose plans Diego de Siloé and Andrés de Vandelvira participated.

The cathedral is a synthesis of architectural styles among which the Renaissance prevails over the first Gothic of the old factory and the baroque elements added from the beginning of the 18th century.

Until 2012, it was the second tallest building in Andalusia, only surpassed in its tower by the Giralda.

The Cathedral was consecrated on August 3, 1588. Pope Pius IX declared the cathedral a minor Basilica on March 13, 1855.