Camino Frances from Saint Jean to Sahagun, then a week in Zamora
Palencia Cathedral: Catedral-Basílica de San Antolín
The largest cathedral in Spain is in Sevilla (Gothic). The second largest is in Toledo (high Gothic) And the third largest is in Palencia (Gothic, Renaissance).
This morning we paid 5 euros each (senior rate) to tour the one here.
I’ll show photos below of some of the highlights for me.
The cathedral, started in the 11th century, is built over a 7th century Visigoth crypt which holds the remains of San Antolín.In the cathedral museum, large painting by El Greco, “The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian”, 1577. Not just attributed as was the Michaelangelo painting we saw in Logroño. Clearly El Greco. I loved seeing this.This beautiful piece is a 15th century Gothic altarpiece known as the Ratablo de la Visitación. I have tried to get a photo of the outside that shows the beauty and size of the cathedral but have not been satisfied with any of my shots. The above was an old photo in the museum. Must have been taken in the 1800s??Since I wasn’t satisfied with any of my outside shots, I decided to settle for this one with a stork’s nest and the stork’s head sticking out.
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You two are inspiring! It’s hard to capture the grandeur and sheer mass of these ancient cathedrals, even harder to imagine the centuries of work some of them required.
You two are inspiring! It’s hard to capture the grandeur and sheer mass of these ancient cathedrals, even harder to imagine the centuries of work some of them required.