Church · Egitania
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
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.