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Cathedral Description
The town's finest building is the cathedral (15th-16th C.), which has three Plateresque doorways with sculptured scenes from the life of Christ on the west front and two 17th century towers.
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Cathedral Highlights

Cathedral - Interior

The high altar has a retablo (1562) by Gaspar de Hoyos and Gaspar de Palencia, with fine carving by Gaspar Becerra. The choir-stalls, with a riot of carved decoration, date from 1551. The Gothic cloister was rebuilt in 1780.

Museo Diocesano

The Diocesan Museum displays the valuable cathedral treasury, including a silver gilt casket presented by Alfonso III (866-910), a reliquary containing a fragment of the True Cross and an 11th century chalice.
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Astorga Cathedral
Astorga
Spain
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April 1 to September 30
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October 1 to March 31
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