Cathedral · Astorga

Catedral de Santa María

Today: Catedral de Astorga, Astorga

Place: Astorga
Kind: Cathedral
Built: 1553 to 1755
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The Gothic cathedral whose first stone was laid on 16 August 1471 on the plan of the Romanesque church. From the period are the two chapels of the false transept, of 1553 to 1557, the last three bays and the towers of the 17th and 18th centuries, the Baroque façade of the Lastra Alvear, finished by Pablo Antonio Ruiz in 1708 to 1710, and the Neoclassical cloister of 1755. The complex includes the museum and the diocesan and chapter archives.

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