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TheChurch of San Salvador is a church inSeville,Spain. It is the second-largest church in Seville, after thecity's cathedral.[1][2]: 125
The Ibn Adabbas Mosque was built in 830 to serve as the maincongregational mosque of Seville, during the period ofUmayyad rule inal-Andalus.[3][2]: 127 It is believed to have been the second-oldest mosque in al-Andalus, after theGreat Mosque of Cordoba (founded in 785).[3] This mosque had ahypostyle form consisting of eleven aisles divided by rows of brick arches supported on marble columns.[2]: 144–145
After theconquest of Seville byCastile in 1248, the mosque was converted into a church and namedSan Salvador ('Holy Savior'). The building did not undergo any major changes until 1669, whenarchbishop Payno Osorio visited it. He found it in dangerously neglected condition and decided to condemn the building and order its demolition.[2]: 125 Construction on a new church began in 1674 and was finished in 1712, resulting in the loftyBaroque edifice overlooking Plaza del Salvador today.[2]: 134–136
37°23′24″N5°59′33″W / 37.3900°N 5.9926°W /37.3900; -5.9926
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