Catedral Nueva

Today: Catedral Nueva de Plasencia, Plasencia

Place: Plasencia
Kind: Cathedral
Built: 1498 to 1578
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

The new cathedral, begun in 1498 to replace the Old Cathedral: work stopped in 1578, resumed in the 18th century and was left unfinished. Enrique Egas, Juan de Álava, Alonso de Covarrubias, Diego de Siloé and Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón worked on it; the main façade, by Álava, was finished in 1558, and the side façade, attributed to Siloé, dates from 1538 to 1548. Inside are the choir stalls by Rodrigo Alemán and the Baroque high altarpiece by Gregorio Fernández.

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