Catedral de Santa María

Today: Catedral de Santa María de Ciudad Rodrigo, Ciudad Rodrigo

Place: Ciudad Rodrigo
Kind: Cathedral
Built: 1550 to 1770
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

The cathedral begun around 1168 on the initiative of Fernando II of León and built between the 12th and 14th centuries, Romanesque in transition to Gothic. From the later years it keeps the Capilla Mayor, which Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón rebuilt in 1550 in the time of Bishop Tavera, and Sagarvinaga's tower, built between 1764 and 1770 after the second tower collapsed in the Lisbon earthquake. It has a diocesan and cathedral museum, opened in 1992.

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