Cathedral · Segovia
Catedral de Segovia
Today: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción y de San Frutos, Segovia
- Place
- Segovia
- Kind
- Cathedral
- Built
- 1525 to 1685
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Open to visit
The new cathedral that Carlos I ordered after the old one was destroyed in 1521, in the War of the Comunidades; Juan Gil de Hontañón signed the contract on 7 May 1524 and the first stone was laid on 8 June 1525. It went up in three stages, until 1685, in a late Gothic style well into the 16th century, and was begun at the west end rather than at the east. The stone spire of the tower dates from 1614, and the cathedral is visited together with the Episcopal Palace on a single ticket.
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