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Saint Mary's Cathedral ( Galician : Catedral de Santa María ), better known as Lugo Cathedral , is a Roman Catholic church and basilica in Lugo , Galicia , north-western Spain . The cathedral was erected in the early 12th century in a Romanesque style, with Gothic , Baroque and Neoclassical elements.

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6-480: A church existed in the site from 755. In 1129 Bishop Peter III commissioned a new edifice in the latest architectural style from Raimundo, a local architect and builder. This Romanesque structure was completed in 1273. Later renovations and restorations added elements in other styles, such as the Renaissance retablo at the high altar. It was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and fragments of it are housed in

12-598: A lintel showing Christ Pantocrator and with a pinjante (glove-shaped decorative pendant) that features a depiction of the Last Supper. To the right of the entrance is the Gothic Torre Vella (bell tower), surmounted by a Renaissance top floor finished by Gaspar de Arce in 1580. The sacristy (1678) and the cloister (1714) are in the Baroque style, as is the central chapel of the triforium (1726). The chapel of St. Froilán

18-509: Is a Renaissance design by Julián Sánchez Bort  [ es ] inspired by a plan proposed by Ventura Rodríguez for the Cathedral of Pamplona . Its construction was finished in the late 19th century, with the completion of the two side towers. The northern entrance's narthex is in Gothic style, dating to 1510-1530. Internally showing a starred vault, it is formed by three archivolts with

24-454: Is in Renaissance style, dating to the 17th century. Notable is the choir, built by Francisco de Moure (early 17th century). Peter III of Lugo Peter III was the Bishop of Lugo from 1113 until 1133. Peter was a chaplain of Queen Urraca ( capellanus regine ) before he was raised to the see of Lugo after the resignation of his ineffective predecessor, Peter II , in 1113. According to

30-571: The church. The cathedral received from the Pope the privilege to permanently expose the Holy Sacrament . The cathedral has a Latin Cross structure, with a length of 85 m. It has a nave, covered by a barrel vault , and two aisles, with an ambulatory and five apse chapels . The triforium features triple ogival mullioned windows . The apse houses a calvary sculpture from an unknown date. The façade

36-487: The suggestions of the Historia compostellana , Peter III remained closely attached to the queen even after his elevation. He reorganised the chapter of the cathedral of Lugo and began construction on a new building. He was active in acquiring land for his diocese, as well as Papal privileges in 1123 and 1131. This Galician biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about

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