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Church of San Salvador de Leganés

Leganés, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

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Church of San Salvador de Leganés

Monument · Leganés, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

A church whose construction dates back to the first half of the 16th century and which opened for worship in 1700; its main altarpiece, completed around 1720, is the work of José de Churriguera. It also preserves an organ designed by José de Verdalonga and is the foremost piece of Leganés's religious heritage. In the mid-19th century, Pascual Madoz's Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico described it as a parish church dedicated to the Saviour, with a curato de término parish priest under state patronage, a lieutenant, three chaplains and a beneficiary appointed by the archbishopric. Its altarpieces have been attributed to José Benito de Churriguera, and the church was declared a bien de interés cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), with the rank of monument, on 28 August 2024.

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