Built on the mosque. For the origin of the name there are two theories; The first is that Almocóvar comes from "Al-Mocovara" which means the highest place, and the second is that its name would derive from "Al-Macâvir", the cemetery. After the conquest of the population, the mosque was adapted to Christian worship, but in 1281 the construction of a new temple began. The three portals of the original Romanesque temple are preserved, of which the main one constitutes one of the few examples of the Romanesque in Extremadura. Throughout the 16th century, some works were carried out; In 1542, the construction of a sacristy was completed, and towards the middle of the century, the master of the Order, Pedro de Ybarra, was commissioned to build a main chapel. Its current state is the result of the works carried out in the first third of the 17th century.