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La Plaza de la Catedral
Plaza de la Catedral 4
Ávila
Castilla y León
Spain
92 021 16 41
Type: Religious Site
Addmission Fee: 2.50 Euro.
Hours: Open 10:00 am-:1:00 pm and 3:30-6:00 pm
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Ávila
Castilla y León
Spain
92 021 16 41
Type: Religious Site
Addmission Fee: 2.50 Euro.
Hours: Open 10:00 am-:1:00 pm and 3:30-6:00 pm
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The Romanesque church-fortress is the main attraction of the plaza. The Catedral was begun in the 12th century as a part of the city’s walls that were taking shape during the same period. Its apse, known to parishioners as the cimorro, is part and parcel of the defensive structure and the most ornate at that.
The main façade is relatively modest in styling, save for the large Gothic window and the tower rising over it. The interior, on the other hand, is more elaborate than a fortress structure might portend; it conforms to the traditional shape of a Latin cross, lit by the sunlight cast through stained glass, with a fancily painted high altarpiece, carved choir stalls and nine chapels.
The Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Gràcia includes an alabaster tomb that is well worth a look as it is delicately carved in the plateresque style (plata, in Spanish, means silver, a reference to the style’s similarity to silver filigree). It bears the remains of Ávila’s beloved bishop Don Alonso de Madrigal, whose nickname, El Tostado, was a loving nod to his swarthy skin tone.
The Capilla del Cardenal houses the Museo Catedralico. Among the religious relics on display is a token painting by El Greco and a rather large silver processional monstrance. On the corner across the street from the Catedral is the Palacio de Velada, a 16th-century residence that was once frequented by royalty, and, across from it, the Oficina de Turismo.
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