Iglesia de San Esteban (Valencia)
| Iglesia de San Esteban (Spanish) Església de Sant Esteve (Valencian) | |
| Formerly a mosque, currently a parish church | |
 View of the bell tower | |
| Name origin: Iglesia de San Esteban/Església de Sant Esteve Spanish/Valencian for church of Saint Stephen | |
| Country | Spain |
|---|---|
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Comarca | Horta de València |
| Municipality |  |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 39°28′34.07″N 0°22′23.37″W / 39.4761306°N 0.3731583°W |
| Architects | Juan Bautista Pérez Castiel, Jerónimo Negret, Guillem Roca, José Gomar, Francesc Anton, Pedro Arnal, etc. |
| Style | Baroque, Neoclassical, Renaissance. |
| Established | Mosque: Moorish rule, Catholic church: 13th-century. |
| - Initiated | Moorish rule |
| - Completion | 1618 |
| For public | Public |
| Visitation | Open |
| Easiest access | Plaça de Sant Esteve |
| Heritage designation | Spanish Property of Cultural Interest |
| Registration name | Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban Protomártir |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0000038 |
| Designated | 1955 |
| Wikimedia Commons: Church of Sant Esteve de València | |
The Iglesia de San Esteban (in Valencian: Església de Sant Esteve) is a parish church located in Plaça de Sant Esteve in the city of Valencia, in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Iglesia de San Esteban is among the oldest churches in Valencia, it is built on the site of one of the mosques that stood in the city when it was under Muslim rule. St. Vicent Ferrer (1350-1419) and St. Luis Bertrán (1526-1581) were baptized here.[1]
References
- ↑ "Iglesia de San Esteban Protomártir Pl.San Esteban, 2 Sant Esteve Protomàrtir". www.jdiezarnal.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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