Baeza Cathedral

Baeza Cathedral
Catedral de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de Baeza

Baeza Cathedral
Location Baeza, Spain
Country Spain
Denomination Roman Catholicism
History
Founder(s) Siglo XIV - Siglo XVI
Architecture
Style Renaissance

The Cathedral of Baeza (Spanish: Catedral de Baeza), or in full the Cathedral of the Birth of Our Lady of Baeza (Spanish: Catedral de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de Baeza) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Baeza, Andalusia, Spain.

History

The site, like the land, alternated between mosque and church during 12th and 13th centuries. The apse still maintains Gothic tracery, but in the 16th-century a major reconstruction by Andres de Valdelvira in Renaissance-style created the present church.[1]

The church forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site with other monuments in Baeza and in the nearby city of Úbeda.[2] The cathedral was one of 100 nominees to be voted as the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Historia y Arte en las Catedrales de España by Narciso Casas, page 69.
  2. ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/522
  3. ↑ http://sobreturismo.es/2007/11/27/lista-de-100-finalistas-de-nuestros-12-tesoros-de-espana/
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Coordinates: 37°59′34″N 3°28′08″W / 37.99278°N 3.46889°W / 37.99278; -3.46889

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