Segovia - Cathedral

The Chapterhouse has a beautiful artesonado ceiling.

From the Capilla del Cristo del Consuelo we continue into the Cloister, built between 1524 and 1530, mostly with material from the cloister of the old cathedral near the Alcázar which was destroyed in the 16th century.

The light interior, 105m/345ft long and of great height, has rich stellar vaulting, vivid stained glass and fine sculpture and altars in the chapels, which are closed by grilles. On the marble high altar is a 14th century ivory figure of the Virgen de la Paz. On the south side of the ambulatory is the Capilla del Santísimo Sacramento, with a richly decorated altar. In the north aisle, to the right of the doorway, the Capilla de la Piedad has a polychrome wood "Lamentation" by Juan de Juni (1571) and a triptych by the Flemish artist Ambrosius Benson. Opposite the Capilla de la Piedad, beyond the choir, is the Capilla del Cristo del Consuelo, which has a richly decorated doorway and contains the tombs of Bishops Raimundo de Losana and Diego de Covarrubias.

In the rooms opening off the cloister and in the Archive Room on the upper floor is the Cathedral Museum, with valuable church furnishings, including pictures by Ribera and others. Its principal treasures, however, are its very fine 16th and 17th century Brussels tapestries, in particular a series on the story of Queen Zenobia of Palmyra.