Route of the Temples

About

Route of the Temples is a tourist route in Melilla, Spain, which includes a visit to the main 4 temples in the city. The route begins with a visit to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the oldest in Melilla (1657), in late Romanesque style and with a Baroque interior, on whose altar is the much-venerated image of the city's patron saint, the Virgin of Victory. Next, tourists head to the Or Zaruah Synagogue, a modernist building from 1924. The next temple to visit is the Hindu Temple, also located in a modernist building, and finally the Central Mosque, founded in 1950.

The Route of the Temples of Melilla was created in 2006 as an initiative of the Tourism Board in search of a tourist product that would contribute to the economic development of the city, through its cultural and religious projection abroad.

In 2026, Melilla's government granted €40,000 to its Jewish community for cultural activities and synagogue maintenance as part of this tourist route.