Segovia Cathedral is a Roman Catholic religious building in Segovia, Spain. It is located in the main square of the city, the Plaza Mayor, and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

The Cathedral is in late Gothic

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....

 style and replaced a building damaged in the Revolt of the Comuneros. It was built between 1525 and 1577 by Trasmeran mason Juan Gil de Hontañón

Juan Gil de Hontañón

Juan Gil de Hontañón was a master builder and Trasmeran mason of Spain during the 16th century. His first work was associated with Segovia, where he was associated with the school of Juan Guas...

, and the work was continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón

Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón

Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón was a Spanish architect of the Renaissance.He was born at Rascafría. His workings include the Palace of Monterrey in Salamanca, the Palace of Guzmanes in León, and the facade of the Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso at the University of Alcalá de Henares...

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The building has a structure in three tall vaults and ambulatory, with fine tracery windows set, and numerous stained glass. The interior is characterized by unity of style (late Gothic), except for the dome, built around 1630 by Pedro de Brizuela. Gothic vaults rise to 33 meters high and measures 50 meters wide and 105 long. The bell tower reaches almost 90 meters. The current stone spire crowning the tower, dating from 1614, was erected after a major fire caused by a thunderstorm. The original spire, entirely Gothic, was built of american mahogany had pyramidal structure, and was the tallest tower in Spain.

North nave

• Capilla de San Andrés Apóstol
  Saint Andrew
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• Capilla de San Cosme y San Damián
• Capilla de San Gregorio
• Capilla de la Concepción
  Immaculate Conception
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South nave

• Capilla del Cristo Yacente (Reclining Christ)
• Capilla de Santa Bárbara
  Saint Barbara
  Saint Barbara, , Feast Day December 4, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian saint and martyr....
  
  
• Capilla de Santiago Apóstol
• Capilla del Cristo del Consuelo

Burials

• Crescentius of Rome
  Crescentius of Rome
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• Saint Fructus
  Saint Fructus
  Saint Fructus was a Castilian hermit of the eighth century venerated as a saint. Christian tradition states that he had two siblings, named Valentine and Engratia . They all lived as hermits on a mountain in the region of Sepúlveda...
  
  (d. 715), and his siblings Saint Valentine (Valentín) and Saint Engratia (Engracia).

External links

• Great Buildings Online