Monastery of Our Lady of Grace, "Las Claras".

A 16th-century church, renovated in the 19th century, featuring a tower topped with a pyramidal ceramic finial. The influence of Islamic art can still be seen in its tiles and in the decorative spheres, which are reminiscent of the Islamic yamur or the finial of a mosque’s minaret. A renovation in the nineteenth century transformed it into a Neoclassical style.

The church has three naves with six bays, the central nave being the tallest and widest, separated by semicircular arches, which rest on pillars on the fronts of which are pilasters with recesses.
The major renovations it underwent in the mid-19th century transformed it, both inside and on its façades, into a Neoclassical church. These works were spearheaded by the Veleño lawyer, Don Federico Vahey, who served as Minister of Grace and Justice under Isabel II, and who commissioned the construction of the funeral chapel dedicated to Saint Frederick, now known as the Chapel of the Cristo de los Vigías. The Civil War deprived this church of important Baroque sculptures.
On the high altar there is a large altarpiece of excellent quality, painted by Francisco Hernández from Vélez, depicting a triumphant, risen Jesus surrounded by the four evangelists.

Nowadays, images are venerated and carried in processions through Easter.

It is a small shrine, with semicircular arches on different sides, which houses a simple cross inside.

Dedicated to the Cross, which commemorates the entry of the King Fernando in the city on 3 May 1487. Of the five that were built, only two – this one and the Church of the Lamb – remain today.

It was erected in the mid-17th century, on the summit of the Cerro de San Cristóbal, although it underwent important reforms later on. The ancient image of Our Lady of the Remedies was brought in 1592 from the capital of Granada, and the numerous miracles attributed to the image meant that it had to be exposed to public worship. Its interior has a Latin cross floor plan with a tribune-chorus at the base, and the main nave and the transept are covered with a half-barrel vault. We highlight the mural paintings of Felipe V and Maria Luisa de Saboya, as well as the coats of arms of the city of Vélez-Málaga and the Bourbon monarch that can be found in the oval medallions of the pendentives. Special mention should be made of the chapel, which has a square floor plan, where the Sacred Image of the Virgin, attributed to Martín de Aldehuela, is located.

Towards the end of the last century, the painter Evaristo Guerra, from Vélez, decorated the interior walls of the chapel using the fresco technique, painting various landscapes and buildings in his characteristic style; this has come to be known as the «transparent chapel», as its walls reveal the full scope of Vélez-Málaga’s landscape and urban setting.

The Mihrab is situated at number 2 Calle La Gloria, in what was once the San Francisco suburb; the heart of an ancient mosque has been preserved there. This is the mihrab arch, a niche, or recess, which was situated on the qibla wall of the Muslim place of worship, which was normally oriented towards Mecca. This mihrab belonged to a small neighbourhood mosque that stood in the former suburb of Los Gomeres, outside the walls of the ancient Andalusian medina of Balish (Vélez).

Its façade is characterised by a slightly pointed horseshoe arch, opening onto a small niche, which originally had a concave floor plan but was altered during the renovation of the house in the 16th century following the conquest of the city.

It belongs to an old mosque, It is a true gem both nationally and internationally, and still retains the original materials dating from the time of its construction in the 13th and 14th centuries.

In 2006, the City Council restored the building and the inner courtyard where this Nasrid arch, dating from the 13th–14th centuries, was discovered in 1995.

The main significance of the arch is that it and its architectural decoration have been preserved almost in their entirety, It also provides information on what the neighbourhood mosques and houses of the Nasrid period may have looked like.

This mihrab is listed in the Catalogue of Historic and Artistic Monuments of Andalusia, and it also appears in the Land Distribution Register for the town of Vélez-Málaga, which mentions a further 16 mosques.

It is characterised by rich plasterwork and consists of lobed voussoirs arranged in a radial pattern, with profuse decoration featuring arabesque interlacing in the form of finger-like palmettes. The arch is framed by an alfiz, the sides of which are covered by an epigraphic band bearing a passage from the Qur’an.

The arch is formed by a set of 11 radial voussoirs with a lobed shape, and each keystone is adorned with double and single finger-like palmettes, in an excellent example of arabesque work, featuring a text of stylised characters proclaiming the oneness of God (“There is no god but God”). In the centre of the spandrels are circular cartouches expressing the prophetic mission of Muhammad (“… he is the Messenger of God”).

The entire complex is bordered by an alfiz featuring an epigraphic inscription that has been partially damaged by the alterations made to the house.

Based on the epigraphic and textual characteristics it can be dated to the second half of the 14th century

It is currently a tourist information point and can be visited during its opening hours: Mon-Sat 10-14:00h and 16-20:00h / Sun and Fri: 10-14:00h.

It is a historic hydraulic structure which originally dates from 16th century. It has a circular basin with raised panels, and at its centre a bulbous spout that extends above the dish; both are fluted and feature four spout heads, from which the spouts emerge.

It is opposite Casa Cervantes.

From the open space in front of the chapel, the viewpoint offers one of the best Panoramic views of Vélez-Málaga, the capital of the Axarquía region on the Costa del Sol. 

This chapel It was built in the mid-17th century, although it underwent major renovations at a later date. The viewpoint at the Chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios overlooks the landscape of Vélez-Málaga.