Cathedral · Ávila

Catedral del Salvador

Today: Catedral de Ávila, Ávila

Place: Ávila
Kind: Cathedral
Built: 1514 to 1547
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The fortified Gothic cathedral, begun in the 12th century and finished in the 15th, with its apse built into the city wall. The Renaissance work inside is of these years: the baptismal font by Vasco de la Zarza (1514 to 1516) and the walnut choir, whose stalls were begun in 1536 from sketches by Cornielles de Holanda and took eleven years. Pedro Berruguete began the main altarpiece in 1499, and the museum holds a processional monstrance of 1571.

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