Everything about Cathedral Of Vila totally explained
The Cathedral of
Ávila in the south of
Old Castile,
Spain, was planned as a cathedral-fortress, its apse being one of the turrets of the city walls. It is surrounded by a number of houses or palaces, the most important being: the Palace of the Evening, the Palace of the Infant King, the Palace of Valderrábanos, which were responsible for the defence of the Puerta de los Leales (The Gate of the Loyal Ones) also know as La Puerta del Peso de la Harina (The Flour Road Gate).
History
It isn't known exactly when the construction of the Cathedral began, there being two theories. One states that
Alvar Garcia started its construction in
1091 inside the remains of the Church of the Saviour, which was in ruins as a result of successive Muslim attacks, and that
Alfonso VI of Castile raised the money necessary to build it. Other historians believe the Cathedral to be the work of the maestro
Fruchel in the
twelfth century coinciding with the repopulation of Castille lead by
Raimundo of Borgña.
Of the
thirteenth century are the first stages of the towers and aisles and of the
fourteenth century the second stage of the towers, the cloister, the vaults and the flying buttresses. Already in the
fifteenth century the cathedral was complete and in
1475 Juan Guas built the mechanical clock.
Characteristics
The Cathedral of Ávila is considered to be the first
gothic cathedral of
Spain. It shows
French influences and certain resemblances to the
Abbey Church of St Denis, the first gothic church.
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