Media Category: Spain-Toledo 2021

The Iglesia de El Salvador, is an exceptional building, because it was the site of four successive constructions, one on top of another and so on. It is 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. (Sept. 17, 2021)

Inside the Iglesia de El Salvador, is an exceptional building, because it was the site of four successive constructions, one on top of another and so on. 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 the Visigothic pilaster to the right, with intricate relief carvings. (Sept. 17, 2021)

The Visigothic pilar with the intricate relief carvings at the
the Iglesia de El Salvador in Toledo. The Muslims scraped off the faces on the reliefs. (Sept. 17, 2021)

The Visigothic pilar with the intricate relief carvings at the
the Iglesia de El Salvador in Toledo. The Muslims scraped off the faces on the reliefs. (Sept. 17, 2021)

A close-up of the otherside of the Visigothic pilar with its intricate relief carvings at the Iglesia de El Salvador in Toledo. (Sept. 17, 2021)

A close-up of the Visigothic pilar with the intricate relief carvings at the Iglesia de El Salvador in Toledo. The Muslims scraped off the faces on the reliefs. (Sept. 17, 2021)