Plasencia - Cathedral Catedral
Plasencia's most notable building is the cathedral, which consists of two parts. The original Romanesque church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries, and a new part was begin in Gothic style in 1498 and continued in the 16th century in Plateresque style but never completed. Francisco de Colonia, Gil de Hontañón and other leading masters of the day worked on the new cathedral, the most notable features of which are the Plateresque north front with its graceful columns and the beautiful Puerta del Enlosado in the north transept, and, in the interior, the Capilla Mayor (by Juan de Álava, Diego de Siloé and Alonso de Covarrubias), the magnificent reja (1604), the choir-stalls (1520), carved with Biblical scenes and scenes from country life, and the retablo, with a relief of the Assumption of the Virgin (1629) by Gregorio Fernández.
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Must-see attractions nearby:
Cathedral
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Related Attractions
Cathedral - Cloister
From the cloister (14th-15th C.) a flight of steps by Gil de Hontañón leads to a terrace from which there is a good view of the dome of the sacristy.
Santa María
A doorway leads into the older partof the cathedral, the parish church of Santa María, which has a Romanesque doorway, the Puerta del Perdón, and contains a 13th century polychrome statue of the Virgin. There is a small museum in the chapterhouse, the most valuable items in which are pictures by Ribera and Morales.
