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La Catedral
Moorish Giraldillo Tower
Cuenca
Castilla-La Mancha
Type: Sightseeing
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Cuenca
Castilla-La Mancha
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Built during the 12th and 13th centuries, Cuenca’s cathedral evokes the transition from Romanesque to Gothic and is the earliest example of the latter to be found in Spain (architectural know-it-alls also point out that the Catedral’s heavily ornamented transept, vaults and polygonal apse have a unique Anglo-Norman influence). The newer façade that immediately presents itself from the plaza has a troubled history. In the 18th century it partially collapsed for the first time. It was repaired with Baroque touches and then, in 1902, the Moorish Giraldillo tower, the only remnant of the Moorish mosque that had once occupied the spot, collapsed. It took the repaired façade with it. The neo-Gothic one you see today was begun in 1910 and nobody knows when or if it will ever be completed.
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