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Santa María Catedral
Palza De La Catedral, s/n 44001, Teruel
The Aragón Pyrenees
Aragón
Spain
34 9786 18016
Type: Religious Site
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The Aragón Pyrenees
Aragón
Spain
34 9786 18016
Type: Religious Site
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Teruel boasts the richest assemblage of Mudéjar architecture in Spain, inspiring its reputation among some as the country’s greatest open-air museum. The churches and towers of Teruel exhibiting this style date from the 13th to 16th centuries and it was declared aWorld Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. The grandest example of the skilled Moorish artisans working under Christian influence is the Santa María Catedral, built between the 13th and 16th centuries.
Its torre (tower) is square in the Christian tradition but broken down into sections and decorated with a series of motifs unique to the Mudéjars–conjoined arch windows, green ceramic tile accents and a frieze composed of intersecting arches–atop which is an octagonal bell house. The interior ceiling is breathtaking.
The coffered wooden marvel is fundamentally Mudéjar with touches of Gothic; corbels support the beams and an extensive assortment of decorations, including geometric shapes, Arabic inscriptions, wildlife motifs and human figures representing saints, royalty and lay folk, relay a beautiful story of life during the Middle Ages.
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