Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Thursday 24 June 2021

El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador (The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour), Toledo, Spain. Completed In 1159 On The Site Of A Previous Mosque and A Visigoth Religious Building.



English: The High Altar,
El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour),
Toledo, Spain.
Português: Iglesia del Salvador.
Photo: 1 February 2013.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC BY-SA 3.0
Author: José Luiz
(Wikimedia Commons)



“Cor Iesu Sacratissimum
adveniat regnum tuum”.
The Benediction Hymn sung at
El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour),
Toledo, Spain.
Available on YouTube at

Este vídeo ha sido grabado en la Santa Misa Cantada celebrada en la Iglesia del Salvador de Toledo. Este Comunidad Sacerdotal en formación tiene como uso propio en el Oficio y la Santa Misa la Forma Extraordinaria del Rito Romano:


The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.

The Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador is a Church in Toledo, Spain, completed in 1159. The Priestly Order only Celebrate The Divine Mass in The Extraordinary Form.

Although the Church is small, it is an exceptional building, because it is the site of four 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 A.D. Umayyad Mosque, and, in turn, on a Visigoth religious building.[2][1] Also, these civilisations re-used 2nd-Century A.D. Roman elements of the buildings.

It is most unusual, in Andalusia, Spain, that Muslims were happy to build on top of Visigoth buildings.


The Arcade of the former Mosque blended in the Church.
Its Horseshoe Arches rest on six re-used Roman Capitals and Columns
and one Visigoth Pilaster[1]
Photo: 18 June 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: PMRMaeyaert
(Wikimedia Commons)

The large number of Visigoth Decorative Reliefs, forming Friezes, and Roman Cornices embedded in the Walls, is surprising.[3]

The current Church is oriented South-East, in the direction of Mecca. It survived the conquest of Toledo by Christian Armies in 1085, to be subsequently turned into a Church in 1159. One of the most characteristic elements of the Church is a Visigoth Pilaster, with intricate Relief Carvings.[4]

As a Christian Church, from around 1180 to the Late-15th-Century, it began to be used as a Cemetery with anthropomorphic Tombs, above which were placed more burials, in which some Grave Goods have been found.


The Divine Mass for
The Feast Day of Saint Paulinus of Nola,
22 June 2020.
Followed by The Holy Rosary.
Celebrated at El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour),
Toledo, Spain.
Available on YouTube at

Este vídeo ha sido grabado en la Iglesia del Salvador de Toledo, iglesia dedicada a la celebración de la sagrada Liturgia según la Forma Extraordinaria del Rito Romano (misa tridentina o misal de 1962) en la Archidiócesis primada de Toledo (España). VISITE NUESTROS SITES: http://misagregorianatoledo.blogspot.... http://annussacerdotalis.blogspot.com... http://rinconliturgico.blogspot.com.es/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iglesi... https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...


English: El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour),
Toledo, Spain.
Photo: 14 March 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Antonio.velez
(Wikimedia Commons)



The 8th-Century A.D. Visigoth Pilaster beside The Lady Altar,
El Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador
(The Mosque-Church Of The Saviour),
Toledo, Spain.
Photo: 29 May 2016.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ziegler175
(Wikimedia Commons)

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