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Colegiata de San Isidoro Description

From the Palacio de los Guzmanes it is a few minutes' walk along Calle del Cid (behind the Palacio), passing the Jardín Romántico, to the collegiate church of San Isidoro.

The church can be reached from the cathedral by following the well preserved old town walls (northeast of the choir), going north and then turning west. The walls, which date in part from the third century A.D. and are reinforced by numerous round towers (cubos), lead to one of the old town gates, the massive Puerta del Castillo (1759), southwest of which, by way of Plaza del Castillo, is the Plaza de San Isidoro.

The square is dominated by the Colegiata de San Isidoro, which originated as a 10th Century church but which was completed in its present form

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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Gothic; Christian sites; Architecture - Renaissance

Colegiata de San Isidoro Highlights

Colegiata de San Isidoro - Interior

The most notable feature of the rather dark interior is the 16th century Capilla Mayor. In the north transept are the Capilla de San Martín and the Capilla de los Quiñones, which has Romanesque frescoes.

Colegiata de San Isidoro - Royal Pantheon

The highlight of a visit to San Isidoro is the Panteón Real, the burial vault of the kings, princes and nobles of León, which was built on to the west end of the church in 1054-66. The groined

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Colegiata de San Isidoro - Treasury and Library

The Treasury and the Library contain many valuable items, including (in the Library) a Bible of 960, a 15th century breviary with miniatures by Nicolás Francés and the embroidered "Banner of Baeza"

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