Well, more or less new Gothic cathedral. Late Gothic. 14th-15th centuries. What is so interesting about Salamanca's cathedral(s) is that, unlike the standard model, they didn't build the new one on top of the old one. Rather, they built it adjacent to the old one, leaving the latter, older one, wonderfully intact (except for severing its port transept). You can thus see both on the same tickets, a 2fer. We toured the new one, quickly, in 2013, but never saw the old one. See next post.
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| Salamanca (new) cathedral |
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| Did I mention we love Salamanca graphics? |
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| Such a late Gothic, the vaulting is atypical |
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| Altar |
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| Crossing |
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| Other vaulting decor |
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| Flying casket |
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| Rolling out the red carpet, perhaps not just for us |
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| Guess whose chapel? |
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| Lightly attended |
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| Starboard aisle; it's a big, impressive building |
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| Specimen chapel |
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| Choir |
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| Specimen misericord |
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| Organ |
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| Um, let's move on, quickly, to the old cathedral |
1 comment:
Wow! What a pipe organ!
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