Catedral de Egitania

Today: Catedral de Idanha-a-Velha, Idanha-a-Velha

Place: Egitania (Idanha-a-Velha)
Kind: Church
Built: c. 585
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit · In situ

It was begun about 585, with the baptistery and perhaps a bishop's palace. It was a mosque between the 9th and 10th centuries and became a church again under the Templars, who rebuilt it from the older materials; what remains of the Suebic and Visigothic years are the foundations and the arcades, and many carved pieces. It is no longer used for worship and is visited as a museum, with the baptistery under cover beside it.

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