Segovia Cathedral
The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción y de San Frutos is the Segovia Cathedral, built in the period from the 16th to the 18th century in the Gothic style with some Renaissance elements. The cathedral is one of the latest Gothic cathedrals in Spain and Europe; the time of the relevant construction in the period 1525-1577 Renaissance buildings have been largely realized in Europe.
Architectural History
Predecessor of the present cathedral was a time of re-population of Segovia under Alfonso VII in 1140 begun church. This Marienkirche distinguished himself as a complex of buildings of different styles.
Under Charles V occupied in the wake of a popular uprising in 1520 in Castile whose followers the old cathedral and destroyed. 1525 the cathedral chapter decided a new building designed by the architect Juan Gil de Hontañón, the architect of the new cathedral of Salamanca. The foundation stone was laid on July 8, 1525. In August 1558 the building was built to cruise ship and was consecrated as a cathedral. During the construction of the Gothic cloister of the old cathedral was demolished in the 15th century and rebuilt in the new cathedral. Similarly, the historic choir was integrated into the new cathedral. 1563 started the construction of the Capilla Mayor.
1614 the great spire was destroyed by lightning. She was made of mahogany wood that was imported from America, and topped with fire-gilded lead. The fire also Kathedraldecken were damaged. Around 1620, the tower was given its present height of 12 m reduced form at a restoration.
Was consecrated definitively the cathedral in 1768. It is 105 m long and 50 m wide. The nave has a height of 33 m. The tower measures 88 m.
Equipment
In the cathedral there are several items of equipment of the first cathedral, especially in the side chapels, which connect to the aisles left and right. Here you will find important paintings by Flemish painter of the 16th century as well (especially in the Capilla de la Concepcíon ) some paintings of the painter Ignacio de Ries from Seville.
In the choir chapel behind the choir room is a marble altar with relics of St.. Frutos. It was designed by the artist Ventura Rodríguez for the chapel of the Palace of Riofrio, but there never set up.
In the choir area opposite the choir, a choir from the 15th century and taken in the middle is a lectern by Vasco de la Zarza. The two gratings of the choir area and the opposite choir room were forged in 1733 by the artist Elorza in Elgoibar.
Look in the ambulatory
Looking at the back of the choir organs
View of vaulted ceiling
Vault of the cathedral
View of the cloister
Organs
The two organs in the choir area, both in the niches left and right opposite one another, date from the 18th century.
The organ on the Epistle side was built in 1702 by the organ builder Pedro de Liborna Echevarría. Over time, the instrument was modified several times, and finally in the years 2009 - 2011 completely restored. The organ has a manual work, the Register, as with many Spanish organs, left and right of the table in the bass and treble side, so-called " mano izqierda " (left hand) and " mano derecha " (right hand) are arranged. Not all registers are preserved throughout on bass and treble side.