A to Z of Cathedrals – S is for Siguenza in Spain

For a small town the cathedral is an immense building and one of the most important late Romanesque buildings in Spain which was built to symbolise the power of Bishop Don Bernardo who began construction in the twelfth century.  It has three naves and a main chapel with an ambulatory and a dome and around the outer walls are a series of commemorative chapels which reads like a who’s who of the local campaigns of the Reconquista.

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One response to “A to Z of Cathedrals – S is for Siguenza in Spain

  1. Its more than a cathedral like a fortress, in historical Sigüenza, province of Guadalajara, autonomous community of Castilla La Mancha !

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