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| Ciudad Rodrigo Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral of Saint Mary | |
| Catedral de Santa María | |
 South façade in 2023. | |
| 40°35′56″N 6°32′06″W / 40.598941°N 6.535096°W / 40.598941; -6.535096 | |
| Location | Ciudad Rodrigo |
| Address | 4, Plaza de Herrasti |
| Country | Spain |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Website | catedralciudadrodrigo |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Dedication | Mary, Mother of Jesus |
| Dedicated | 1160 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Late Romanesque, Gothic |
| Administration | |
| Metropolis | Valladolid |
| Diocese | Ciudad Rodrigo |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | José Luis Retana Gozalo |
| Spanish Cultural Heritage | |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 15 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.
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).
See also
References
- 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.
- 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.
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