[citation needed] The parish was established by Alfonso X the Wise in the name of Dionysius the Areopagite as the city was turned to Christian rule on Saint Denis's Day in 1264.

The church has a basilica plan, divided into three naves by tall and simple pillars adorned with Almohad decorations.

The tower known as Torre de la Atalaya was also built in the fifteenth century.

Although this is attached to the church it was a civilian construction intended to serve as a watchtower for both fires and attack and to hold the town's clock.

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