Mosque of El Salvador

Local nameMezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
LocationToledo, Spain

The Iglesia de El Salvador is a church in Toledo, Spain completed in 1159.

Although the church is small, it is an exceptional building, because it was the site of 4 successive constructions, one on other and so on. It's a 12th-century church built on an 11th-century Taifa mosque, which was an expansion of a 9th-century Umayyad mosque and in turn on a Visigothic religious building.The current church is still oriented south-east, in the direction of Mecca. It survived the conquest of Toledo by the Christian armies in 1085, to be turned into a church in 1159. One of the most characteristic elements of the church is a Visigothic pilaster, with intricate relief carvings.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita-Iglesia_de_El_Salvador,_Toledo

More information on Toledo's official website http://www.toledo-turismo.com/en/mosque-of-el-salvador_147

Address Plaza del Salvador, s/n 45002 Toledo, Spain

Coordinates 39°51'23.703" N -4°1'36.11" E

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