Cathedral · Vitoria

Colegiata de Santa María

Today: Catedral de Santa María (Catedral Vieja), Vitoria

Place: Vitoria
Kind: Cathedral
Built: 16th to 18th century
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The old Gothic cathedral, a fortress church begun in the 13th century and a collegiate church until it became a cathedral when the diocese of Vitoria was created in 1861. Of the centuries of the period it is carded here for the bell tower, raised between the 16th and 18th centuries over the first bay of the porch, with the hours bell of 1596; a fire in 1856 destroyed the spire and it had to be rebuilt. It closed in 1994 after part of a vault fell, and its restoration, open to the public, ended on 25 April 2025.

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