Tortosa Cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Mary
The cathedral in the midst of the old city
Basic information
Location	Tortosa, Catalonia
Geographic coordinates	Coordinates: 40°48′52″N 2°10′35″E / 40.81444°N 2.17639°E / 40.81444; 2.17639
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
District	Tortosa
Year consecrated	1447
Architectural type	Cathedral
Architectural style	Gothic and Baroque
Groundbreaking	1347
Completed	1757

The Catedral of Saint Mary of Tortosa is a cathedral located in Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain and seat of the Diocese of Tortosa. The present structure is located in the center of the city's old town.

Design

Its construction began in 1347 on the remains of a previous Romanesque cathedral. The cathedral was completed two centuries later. It was designed by Benito Dalguayre and has three naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels.^[1] The church is constructed in the Catalan Gothic style, though the façade, from the 18th century, is Baroque.

Archeological excavations on the site revealed that the cathedral was constructed on the site of an older Romanesque church, which was itself built on the site of the old Roman forum of Tortosa.

Images

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  Cathedral plan

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  The Cathedral's Baroque façade

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  Nave, looking toward the altar

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  Detail of the apse and ambulatory

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  The Cathedral is surrounded by densely packed buildings

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  Cathedral cloister

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  Baroque entryway to the cloister

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  Window in the cloister

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  13th century plaque inside the cathedral

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cathedral of Tortosa.

• Web de l'ajuntament de Tortosa sobre la Catedral. (Catalan)
• Plana del Bisbat de Tortosa (Catalan)
• Canònica de Tortosa.
• Descripció i fotografies (Catalan)

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