Tarragona has a beautiful cathedral, begun in the 12th, partly Romanesque, mostly Gothic, built on top of a Roman temple, a Visigothic curch, a mosque...the usual Iberian pedigree. Originally a monastery, it has a cloister that is one of the most beautiful we have seen.
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The cathedral complex is hemmed in by so many buildings it's hard to get a decent
exterior view |
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| Room for four more apostles...the facade was never finished |
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| Built-in sarcophagus |
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| The archivolts have been left to the birds |
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| For me, hope arises for funny faces within |
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| "I can't believe I'm sharing top billing with a dog!" |
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Inside: here's one Spanish cathedral that got the memo from the Council of Trent
about taking down the screen; stem to stern view; big church |
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| A bit of the elevation, choir, organ |
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The nave is fairly plain; it's in the numerous side chapels that one sees the Baroque
extravagance |
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| Here and there, bits of the old paint job |
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| St. Centaur on one of the capitals |
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| In the chapel of St. Helen (Constantine's mom) |
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| Restoring a huge but unidentified painting |
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| More old paint job |
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| Dome |
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| Dusting, polishing the choir |
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| Have these all been sanctified? we wondered |
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| Altar |
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| Now in the gorgeous cloister |
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| Holy cow |
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| Beautiful old floor throughout |
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