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The Cathedral of Santa María (Ciudad Rodrigo) (Spanish: Catedral de Santa María (Ciudad Rodrigo)) is a cathedral located in Ciudad Rodrigo, province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1889.[1]
| Cathedral of Santa María (Ciudad Rodrigo) | |
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| Native name Spanish: Catedral de Santa María (Ciudad Rodrigo) | |
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| Location | Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°35′56″N 6°32′06″W / 40.598941°N 6.535096°W |
| Official name | Catedral de Santa María (Ciudad Rodrigo) |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 1889 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0000059 |
  Location of Cathedral of Santa María (Ciudad Rodrigo) in Spain | |
The Renaissance composers Juan Navarro Hispalensis and his pupil Juan Esquivel Barahona were both choirmasters at the cathedral.
Architecture edit
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).
References edit
- ^ 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.
See also edit
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