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Title: Spain and Portugal: handbook for travellers
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker London : Dulau and Co. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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of two circular and crenelated towers, con-nected by a parapet in the shape of a bridge. — The Calle del Tosta-do, leading to the left just inside the gate, brings us to the cathedral. The * Cathedral (PI. C, 2, 3), a massive, castle-like edifice,dedicated to San Salvador, is said to have been originally foundedby Fenian Gonzalez (p. 36), but was once more begun in 1091,after the final conquest of the city, by Alvar Garcia of Navarre.Its general character is , however, that of a Gothic building of the13-i4th centuries. The oldest part of the church is the E. end, wherethe massive semicircular apse, with its battlemented parapet, projectsbeyond the line of the city-wall. Behind the parapet is a passagecommunicating with that round the city-walls. The W. end, withits two strong towers (that to the N. alone completed; 14th cent.),lias also the appearance of a fortress. The main portal is adornedwith sculptures of the 16th cent, and guarded by two wild men (ma- Eakicai-io-, de S^Teresa
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to Madrid. A VILA. 6. Route. 47 ceros, mace-bearers) carved in granite. The N. gate (14th cent.) issomewhat more freely ornamented. The Interior (open all day) makes an impression of greatsolemnity and dignity (p. xlv). The nave is short and narrow (130 ft.by 28 ft.) but lofty, with a double triforium; the clerestory win-dows have been partially blocked up (p. xlv). In the middle is thecore The low aisles are 24 ft. wide. The transept is lofty and con-tains some fine stained-glass windows. The main apse (see p. 46),occupying almost the entire width of the church, includes the capillamayor, a double ambulatory, and nine semicircular chapels enclosedin the thickness of the walls and hence not showing in the externalview of the apse. The side-apses are very small. The cathedral contains many valuable objects of art. In the firstchapel of the N. Aisle is a copy of Michael Angelos lost Pieta; inthe second an ancient copy of Raphaels Madonna di Loreto, with afigure added. — On the Trascor

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