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  2. Catholic Church in Spain - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Church oversees one of the greatest repositories of religious architecture (and art) in the world, among them the outstanding cathedrals of Cordoba (originally built as a church and then replaced by a mosque during Moorish rule, to be subsequently reconsecrated as a Church), Santiago de Compostela, Burgos, León, Seville, Toledo and ...

  3. List of cathedrals in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Church of the Assumption of Our Lady: Baza Andalusia: Guadix: Held the rank of Co-Cathedral until the Concordat of 1851. [123] Church of the Holy Cross: Cádiz Andalusia: Cádiz and Ceuta: 1602 [124] Also known as the Old Cathedral of Cádiz. Seat of the diocese between 1602 and 1838. Cathedral of Saint Mary: Cartagena Murcia: Cartagena: 1250 [125]

  4. History of the Catholic Church in Spain - Wikipedia

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    The central issue was the role of the Catholic Church, which the left saw as the major enemy of modernity and the Spanish people, and the right saw as the invaluable protector of Spanish values. [23] Power see-sawed back and forth in 1931 to 1936 as the monarchy was overthrown, and complex coalitions formed and fell apart.

  5. List of Catholic dioceses in Spain - Wikipedia

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    The diocesan system of the Catholic church government in Spain consists mainly of a nearly entirely Latin hierarchy of 69 territorial (arch-)dioceses: fourteen ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop (one of which, Toledo, uses the Mozarabic rite), have a total of 55 suffragan dioceses.

  6. Category:Churches in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Spanish church stubs (1 C, 307 P) Pages in category "Churches in Spain" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent ...

  7. Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat, known as Church of Holy Mary in Monserrat of the Spaniards (Italian: Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Spanish: Santa María de Montserrat de los Españoles, Latin: S. Mariae Hispanorum in Monte Serrato) is a Roman Catholic titulus church and National Church in Rome of Spain, dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat.

  8. Convento de San José (Ávila) - Wikipedia

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    The church was designed by the architect Francisco de Mora (1553–1610), who devised a church with a single nave covered with a vaulted ceiling and a dome over the transept. Its main facade can be seen as divided into two shared plans with a pediment at the top and a portico of three arches at the bottom. This design was one of the most ...

  9. Romanesque architecture in Spain - Wikipedia

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    In Spanish buildings towers are located in different parts of the church: on the sides, over the transept and, in very special cases, over the straight section of the apse, as in the churches of the city of Sahagún in León. This placement was because, being built of brick, a material less consistent than stone, the builders had to locate the ...