Catedral de la Asunción de María - Salamanca, España - Renaissance Architecture on Waymarking.com

"La Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, llamada popularmente Catedral Nueva es, junto a la Catedral Vieja, una de las dos catedrales de la ciudad de Salamanca, en España. Es la sede de la diócesis de Salamanca. Fue construida entre los siglos XVI y XVIII mezclando los estilos gótico tardío, renacentista y barroco. Es una de las catedrales más altas de España, con 92 metros de altura.

La catedral nueva se construyó entre 1513 y 1733 conservando la vieja. En un principio pensaron derruir ésta, aunque se impuso el criterio de mantenerla abierta al culto mientras se realizaba la construcción de la nueva. Al terminar las obras en el siglo XVIII, reconsideraron la idea de destruirla y por esa razón se conserva actualmente. No obstante, el muro sur de la Catedral Nueva se apoya sobre el muro norte de la vieja, que hubo de ser reforzado hacia el interior del antiguo templo, cuya nave lateral quedó parcialmente reducida con la nueva construcción. La torre de la nueva catedral se construyó sobre la torre de las campanas de la Catedral Vieja.

La catedral es, junto a la de Segovia, una de las dos últimas catedrales de estilo gótico que se construyen en España. La nueva catedral se construyó, continuando con el gótico tardío de sus orígenes, entre los siglos XVI y XVIII, aunque a finales del siglo XVI se cambiara la cabecera, pensada con una girola gótica, por una plana y durante el XVIII se añadieran dos elementos que rompían de forma llamativa con el estilo predominante del templo: una cúpula barroca sobre el crucero y los cuerpos superiores de la torre campanario."

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"The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, popularly known as the New Cathedral, is, along with the Old Cathedral, one of the two cathedrals in the city of Salamanca, Spain. It is the seat of the Diocese of Salamanca. It was built between the 16th and 18th centuries, combining late Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque styles. It is one of the tallest cathedrals in Spain, at 92 meters high.

The new cathedral was built between 1513 and 1733, preserving the old cathedral. Initially, they considered demolishing the latter, although the criterion was to keep it open for worship while the new cathedral was being built. When the work was completed in the 18th century, they reconsidered the idea of ??destroying it, and for this reason it remains preserved today. However, the south wall of the New Cathedral rests on the north wall of the old cathedral, which had to be reinforced towards the interior of the old temple, whose lateral nave was partially reduced with the new construction. The tower of the new cathedral was built on top of the bell tower of the Old Cathedral.

The cathedral is, along with Segovia Cathedral, one of the last two Gothic-style cathedrals built in Spain. The new cathedral was built, continuing the Late Gothic style of its origins, between the 16th and 18th centuries, although at the end of the 16th century the sanctuary, designed with a Gothic ambulatory, was replaced with a flat one, and during the 18th century two elements were added that markedly broke with the predominant style of the church: a Baroque dome over the transept and the upper levels of the bell tower."

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Date of origin:: 1513 Architect(s): Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón Style: High Renaissance (ca. 1500–1550) Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link] Type of building (structure): Large religious building (church, monastery, synagogue...) Address: C. Benedicto XVI, 37008 Salamanca

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