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Zamora Cathedral

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Over the transept is the dome-tower, featuring 16 side narrow and tall semicircular windows enclosed in and between four turrets. These support two domes, an external one with a slightly pointed top, and an interior one with semicircular shape. Over the turrets are small domes, also with columns and
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The cathedral was consecrated in 1174 by bishop Esteban, and works continued under his successor Guillermo (1176–1192), including the transept. The cloister and the bell tower date to the first half of the 13th century. The designer of the church is unknown.
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Notable features of the interior include the choir-stalls constructed in 1512–1516 by Juan de Bruselas, carved not only with figures of saints and famous men of antiquity but also with vigorous and earthy scenes of country life. The
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thin windows, and tympani with similar decoration. With its exterior, original scale decoration, the dome is one of the symbols of the city. Similar domes are found in other churches of the
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but it was apparently in ruins, so that the king donated the church of St. Thomas in the city to act as cathedral.
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The bell tower, with a height of 45 m, was built in the 13th century in Romanesque style.
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The Cathedral contains numerous tombs; particularly notable is the tomb of Grado in the
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Built between 1151 and 1174, it is one of the finest examples of Spanish
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Guía de arquitectura de Zamora. Desde los orígenes al siglo XXI
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the Etruscan king of Rome. Another treasure is a Late Gothic
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has argued for a now-disappeared Romanesque dome over the
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has a marble table, and the high altar is flanked by two
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12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain
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History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
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ones in the 15th century. The transept is covered by
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Cathedral of Zamora
Zamora Cathedral

Zamora
Spain
Denomination
Catholic Church
church
Style
Romanesque
Groundbreaking
Diocese
Diocese of Zamora

Castle
Zamora
Catholic
cathedral
Zamora
Castile and León
Spain
Duero
Romanesque
Alfonso VII of Castile
Diocese of Zamora
Sancha Raimúndez
Romanesque style
Latin cross
transept
apses

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