This medieval temple, one of the Fernandine churches, built between the 13th and 14th centuries on the remains of ancient mosques after the conquest of the city by King Ferdinand III, survives in the heart of the city’s commercial centre. It is a medieval Gothic construction with Baroque remodelling.
The beautiful rose window with intertwined columns on the façade is striking.
The interior, divided into three naves by pillars, leads to the presbytery, decorated with a marble altarpiece from the 18th century. The various Baroque canvases and carvings coexist with works from the 19th century. It has an interesting baptismal chapel covered with a beautiful Mudejar dome.
One of the curiosities housed in the church is the Jewish funerary stone from the now disappeared Hebrew cemetery.
Like other Fernandine churches, it has undergone numerous alterations throughout history. One of the most important of these was undertaken in the 1960s, when an attempt was made to restore the original appearance of the church, bringing to light the Gothic ribbed vaults and the wooden coffered ceiling. Just behind the church, in the picturesque street of San Zoilo, the façade of the old Hermitage of San Zoilo can still be seen.
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