Cathedral · Jaén

Catedral de Jaén

Today: Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, Jaén

Place
Jaén
Kind
Cathedral
Built
c. 1540 to 1801
What remains
Standing
Visiting
Open to visit

The Renaissance cathedral that replaced the Gothic one, under construction from 1494, whose crossing lantern collapsed in 1525. Andrés de Vandelvira began the works in 1540, and his sacristy and chapter house are the peak of his work; the Baroque façade, designed by Eufrasio López de Rojas in 1667, was finished in 1688, and the Sagrario was consecrated in 1801. It keeps the Holy Face, shown on Fridays, and a museum in the former canons' pantheon.

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