Ciudad Rodrigo Cathedral Explained

Ciudad Rodrigo Cathedral
Fullname:Cathedral of Saint Mary
Other Name:Spanish; Castilian: Catedral de Santa María
Coordinates:40.5989°N -6.5351°W
Location:Ciudad Rodrigo
Country:Spain
Denomination:Catholic
Address:4, Plaza de Herrasti
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Status:Cathedral
Dedication:Mary, Mother of Jesus
Dedicated Date:1160[1]
Style:Late Romanesque, Gothic
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Metropolis:Valladolid
Diocese:Ciudad Rodrigo
Bishop:José Luis Retana Gozalo

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

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).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Casas, Narciso . 4 February 2013. Historia y Arte en las catedrales de España . History and Art in the Cathedrals of Spain . Spanish . Madrid . Bubok Publishing . 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.