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In the 11th century, when Toledo is taken by the Christians, the main mosque is converted to Christian worship, and shortly after an extension was made so that it mosque could serve from then on as an aljama mosque, continuing as a place of Islamic worship until the 12th century. In the reign of Alfonso VII, the mosque will pass to be a Christian church. A legend from Toledo states that Queen Berenguela ordered The conversion of the temple into the Church of the Savior, after taking refuge in the mosque during a horrible storm.

Despite having been the place of baptism of Queen Juana I of Castile,  The church has suffered destruction, looting, confiscations and fires, such as the one that occurred during the French invasion that affected the city. a large part of the church except the chapel of Santa Catalina, which remains the private property of the Counts of Cedillo to this day. The bell tower of the building also survives, which reuses the minaret of the mosque to which the upper part was added in the Baroque era.

Today the church can be visited, being a subsidiary of the parish of Santo Tomé. It is also the headquarters of several Brotherhoods of the city.

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On January 1 and December 25

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The Church of the Savior is an ancient mosque built around the first half of the 9th century , although it has undergone numerous changes and modifications over the centuries.  The Church preserves in its interior a large quantity remains from the late Roman and Visigothic period.  One of the main remains is the pilaster in which four miracles from the life of Jesus Christ are represented, such as the healing of the blind man, the healing of hemorrhage, the resurrection ;n of Lazarus and the encounter at the well with the Samaritan woman.

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