Sé Catedral de Leiria-Leiria-Portugal
Posted by: h_raky
N 39° 44.754 W 008° 48.428
29S E 516523 N 4399573
an excellent building, originally built in Gothic, but with strong Renaissance influence
Waymark Code: WMA7X7
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Date Posted: 11/29/2010
Views: 9
The elevation of your typical Gothic nave is contrasted abroad by mathematical calculation and the classical revival styles proportionalist has introduced, which in some way distorts the medieval sense of style, but at the same time endows a "modernism" interesting to the time it was built.
Construction began in the sixteenth century and completed a century later, is an absolute must for a better knowledge of Portugal unjustly forgotten, and extremely rich.
Address: Largo da SÉ
2400 Leiria
Religious affiliation: CATHOLIC
Web site: [Web Link]
Date founded or constructed: Not listed
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