Coria Cathedral

Historia

Cathedral of Coria or Catedral de Asunción de Nuestra Señora is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Coria, Region of Extremadura, Spain.HistoryThe cathedral construction began in 1498 at the site of an older Visigothic cathedral and a later mosque. The cloister was built in the 14th century. In the next century, designs for the church were pursued by Martín de Solorzano and Pedro de Ybarra. The nave has Gothic tracery, while the facades and doorways show Renaissance decoration. The church suffered from the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, when its belltower fell.

"Catedral del siglo XV de arquitectura gótico -plateresca con añadidos barrocos."