Cathedral Door Cuenca Spain Bw

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Cathedral Door Cuenca Spain Bw

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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The main plaza in the town of Cuenca Spain is dominated by the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de Gracia but is ringed by many businesses including cafes. At the end of a long day of hiking around the town, I settled down in a café across the plaza from the cathedral to enjoy a well-earned cerveza. I couldn’t resist a few more photos of the cathedral while I enjoyed the view. The scale of the main door of the cathedral is a little deceptive without any people standing in front of it. But the door itself is only the lower ~40% where it is worn by centuries of hands! Like many a cathedral in Europe, the cathedral has quite an architectural pedigree. Work began in 1196 and was largely completed by 1257, with many renovations over time. It is one of the earliest Spanish examples of Gothic architecture, built at a time when the Romanesque style predominated in the Iberian Peninsula. In particular, the cathedral is characteristic of the Norman and Anglo-Norman architecture of the 12th century. The exterior was almost completely renovated in the 16th century. In the 17th century, the facade and the towers were reformed in the Baroque style, while at the beginning of the 20th century the facade was reconstructed in the neo-Gothic style to repair damage caused when the bell tower collapsed in 1902. The interior has had at least as many alterations and renovations. To say that ‘it is a work in progress’ is probably accurate! The Cathedral is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site encompassing the historic walled town of Cuenca.

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