Cathedral · Palencia

Catedral de San Antolín

Today: Catedral de San Antolín, Palencia

Place: Palencia
Kind: Cathedral
Built: 1486 to 1516
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The Gothic cathedral begun on 1 June 1321 on the site of the Romanesque one, whose third stage, from 1486 to 1516, added the last five bays of the nave, the crossing, the cloister and the chapter house; the last stone was laid in 1516. Inside are later works, such as the retrochoir, from around 1513, and a Plateresque altar of 1534, and the octagonal Monument chapel dates from the 18th century. It keeps the crypt of San Antolín, of the 7th century, and its museum occupies the cloister and the chapter house.

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