I can't pass up a cathedral, and Avila's, though not famous, was of interest.
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| Full front view; wait, no, main facade view |
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Sort of mixed Romanesque/Gothic; the Gothic memo got to Spain
just in time for Baroque |
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| Elevation; lots of light in the nave |
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The usual gorgeous screen, which 1) prevents anyone from
seeing the full extent of the building, and 2) prevents the knaves
from seeing the hocus-pocus the priests are up to |
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| Internal buttressing |
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What was of interest to me was the mixture of
red and cream colored stone mostly in the
vaulting over ambulatory |
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The lighting emphasized it, but it was still
striking |
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Sculpture in the ambulatory...mostly figures
reading; here St. Jerome is reading to his pet
lion, St. Leo |
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| More reading |
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| Altar |
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| Organ |
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| Choir |
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| Helpful model |
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| In the treasury/museum/whatever |
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| Priestly vestments department |
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Nice-looking cloister, but the stone is deteriorating and it is
both screened and glassed off |
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Nice cathedral; interestingly, it's built right into the wall; more
about which anon |
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