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Ciudad Rodrigo Cathedral

Coordinates: 40°35′56″N 6°32′06″W / 40.598941°N 6.535096°W / 40.598941; -6.535096
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Ciudad Rodrigo Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Mary
Catedral de Santa María
South façade in 2023.
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40°35′56″N 6°32′06″W / 40.598941°N 6.535096°W / 40.598941; -6.535096
LocationCiudad Rodrigo
Address4, Plaza de Herrasti
CountrySpain
DenominationCatholic
Websitecatedralciudadrodrigo.com
History
StatusCathedral
DedicationMary, Mother of Jesus
Dedicated1160[1]
Architecture
StyleLate Romanesque, Gothic
Administration
MetropolisValladolid
DioceseCiudad Rodrigo
Clergy
Bishop(s)José Luis Retana Gozalo
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated15 September 1889
Reference no.RI-51-0000059

The Cathedral of Saint Mary (Spanish: Catedral de Santa María) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural on 15 September 1889.[2]

The Renaissance composers Juan Navarro Hispalensis and his pupil Juan Esquivel Barahona were both choirmasters at the cathedral.

Architecture

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South gallery (14th century)

The cathedral has four doors. In the episciple-side transept, there is a Gothic frieze with twelve figures from the Old Testament and a tympanum in which four Romanesque figures were placed in the Modern Age: from left to right Saint John, Saint Peter, Christ Pantocrator, Saint Paul, and Saint James. In the other transept the Puerta de Amayuelas opens, with a multi-lobed arch.

The tower was raised by Juan de Sagarvinaga at the end of the 18th century in a neoclassical style, after the collapse of the second tower during the Lisbon earthquake (the cathedral had had a third tower, which was demolished after the communal war).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Casas, Narciso (4 February 2013). Historia y Arte en las catedrales de España [History and Art in the Cathedrals of Spain] (in Spanish). Madrid: Bubok Publishing. ISBN 978-8468632018.
  2. ^ Cerrato, Cruces Blázquez; Esquivel, Alberto Martín (2016-01-01). "Nuevos datos sobre los tesorillos de denarios romano-republicanos de Penhagarcía (Castelo Branco, Portugal) y del castro de Lerilla (Zamarra, Salamanca)". Actas XV Congreso Nacional de Numismática. Patrimonio numismático y museos. ISBN 978-84-89157-73-6.