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On 11 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, construction temporarily stopped and the basilica was closed. [42] This was the first time the construction had been halted since the Spanish Civil War. [43] The Gaudí House Museum in Park Güell was also closed. The basilica reopened, initially to key workers, on 4 July 2020. [44]
Construction of the present cathedral began in 1075 under the reign of Alfonso VI of Castile (1040–1109) and the patronage of bishop Diego Peláez. It was built according to the same plan as the monastic brick church of Saint Sernin in Toulouse, probably the greatest Romanesque edifice in France. [according to whom?] It was built mostly in ...
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Catalan: Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia), also known as Barcelona Cathedral, is the seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral was constructed from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries, with the principal work done in the fourteenth century.
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This is a list of cathedrals in Spain, as established by the Spanish Episcopal Conference. [1] It includes all 87 currently active cathedrals and co-cathedrals . All of these temples are Roman Catholic , and cathedrals of other Christian denominations are listed separately below.
The Cathedral of Saint Mary (Spanish: Catedral de Santa María) is a Roman Catholic church in Astorga, Spain. It was declared a national monument in 1931. It was declared a national monument in 1931. The gothic edifice was begun in 1471, within the same walls of its Romanesque predecessors from the 11th-13th centuries.
The cathedral is, together with Cathedral of Segovia, one of the last two cathedrals of Gothic style to be built in Spain. The new cathedral was built, continuing with the late Gothic of its origins, between the 16th and 18th centuries, although at the end of the 16th century the chevet, thought with a Gothic ambulatory, was changed for a flat ...
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint James (Spanish: Basílica Catedral de Santiago; Basque: Done Jakue Basilika-Katedrala) is a Catholic cathedral in Bilbao, Spain.It is dedicated to the apostle James the Great, by virtue of being a point of transit for the pilgrims that followed the Northern Way of the Camino de Santiago.