Iglesia de Santa María La Mayor

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  • Address
    Plaza Duquesa de Parcent, La Ciudad
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    952 87 22 46

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A minute's walk southeast from the Palacio de Mondragón is the city's original mosque, now the ornate Iglesia de Santa María La Mayor . Just inside the church entrance is an arch covered with Arabic inscriptions, which was part of the mosque's mihrab (prayer niche indicating the direction of Mecca). The church has been declared a national monument, and its interior is an orgy of decorative styles and ornamentation.

A huge central cedar choirstall divides the church into two sections: aristocrats to the front, everyone else at the back.