St. Stephen's Church

Iglesia de San Esteban yana ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin majami'u na Valencia kuma mafi girma a ruhaniya, wanda ke kusa da tsakiyar tsakiyar birni mai tarihi. Ko da yake yana da kamanni idan aka kwatanta da manyan majami'u na birni, yana da mahimmancin addini ga mazauna gida da mahajjata. An gina shi akan ragowar haikalin Roman kuma daga baya cocin Visigothic, San Esteban ya daɗe ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ƙofa tsakanin duniya da allahntaka, yana zama shaida mara shiru ga ƙarni na baftisma, jujjuyawar, da ibada. Bisa ga al'adar, da yawa manyan waliyyai da jiga-jigai a tarihin Kiristanci na Mutanen Espanya sun sami sacrament na baftisma a nan, ciki har da Saint Vincent Ferrer da Saint Luis Bertrán.

A ciki, yanayin yanayin girmamawa ne. Zane-zane na cocin, hadewar abubuwan Gothic da Baroque, yana fasalta tarkacen bagadi, zane-zane masu tsarki, da wuraren ibada masu natsuwa inda kyandirori masu kyalli suke kiyaye addu'o'in rada. Ana jin kasancewar mala'iku da wayo a cikin iskar natsuwa da zane-zanen da ke ƙawata bangonta—tunani na tsaro na ruhaniya da kulawar Allah. San Esteban ba wurin bauta ba ne kawai amma anka na ruhaniya ga waɗanda ke neman tsabta, alaƙar kakanni, ko ta'aziyyar mala'ikan mai kula da su. Ya kasance ƙaunataccen wuri mai tsarki ga waɗanda aka ja hankalinsu zuwa tunani a hankali da bangaskiya mara lokaci.