Salamanca

New Cathedral - North Portal

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Catedral Nueva - New Cathedral. Portada de Ramos - North Portal or Portal of the Palms. "Above the N. portal, named the Puerta de Ramos or del Taller, is a relief of Christ entering Jerusalem".--Baedeker 1913. IMG_8238

Astronaunt Carving

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The figure of an astronaut was added to the Portada da Ramos in 1993 during the restoration of the North Portal. (It has a been a tradition to add a contemporary element with each restoration.) DSC_0199

Capilla de Santiago y Santa Teresa

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Capilla de Santiago y Santa Teresa. Saint James and Saint Teresa are the patron saints of Spain. The altarpiece, with sculptures of the two saints, is the work of González Ramiro, while the sculptures are by Antonio de Paz. IMG_8241

New Cathedral - Organ

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New Cathedral - Nave and Pulpit

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New Cathedral - Choir

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Catedral Nueva - New Cathedral. Coro - Choir. The Baroque Choir was built between 1710 and 1733. "The Choir contains stalls, richly adorned with figures of saints ..."--Baedeker 1913. IMG_8251

New Cathedral - Dome

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Catedral Nueva - New Cathedral. Cúpula. Baroque dome at the Crossing. IMG_8247

New Cathedral - Capilla Mayor

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Catedral Nueva - New Cathedral. Capilla Mayor - Main Chapel (altar). The Main Chapel, built in the second half of the 18th century is topped by a lavish polychrome and gold vault, which covers the tabernacle made by the Churrigueras as an architectural canopy. Today, presiding over the enclosure, under a velvet hanging, it preserves an image of the Assumption made in 1624 by Esteban de Rueda. IMG_8253

Capilla de la Soledad

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Capilla de la Soledad - Chapel of Solitude. The statue of Nuestra Señora de la Soledad was carved by Mariano Benlliure in the twentieth century. IMG_8249

Altar of Santa María la Blanca

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Old Cathedral - La Catedral Vieja. Nave del Evangelio. Arcosolium in the wall containing the altar of Santa María la Blanca. Tradition has it that it was brought to the Old Cathedral when the Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca was destroyed in a flood in 1626. The paintings above represent the eighteen miracles attributed to Cristo de las Batallas. IMG_8255

Capilla Mayor

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La Catedral Vieja - Ols Cathedral. Capilla Mayor. IMG_8257

Capilla Mayor - Retablo

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The altarpiece is made up of fifty-three wooden panels, distributed in eleven rows and five bodies columns, ordered from bottom to top and from left to right. The Last Judgment crowns the ensemble in the quarter sphere. Painted by Daniel, Samson and Nicolás Delli in the 15th century. "The principal apse contains a huge fresco of the Last Judgment, below which, in Gothic frames, are 55 pictures on wood of scenes from the lives of Christ and the Virgin. These were all painted by Nicolas Florentine in 1445 et seq.. except the middle panels of the two lower rows, which are later additions".--Baedeker 1913. DSC_0203

Catedral Vieja - Arcosolium and Tomb

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Catedral Vieja - Old Cathedral. Arcosolium containing the tomb of Doña Elena de Castro. IMG_8260

Catedral Vieja - Arcosolium Detail

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Arcosolium detail. Tomb of Doña Elena de Castro. Painted panels, 13th century. IMG_8261

Capilla de Santa Barbara

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La Catedral Vieja - Old Cathedral. Chapel of Santa Barbara founded in the 14th century. The wooden altarpiece is from the 16th century, "The second chapel is the Capilla de Santa Barbara, founded in 1344 by Bishop Juan Lucero".--Baedeker 1913. IMG_8263

Casa Lis

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El Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco - Art Nouveau Museum. IMG_8269

Iglesia de San Sebastian

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Iglesia de San Sebastian. Built between the years 1730 and 1739 under the direction of Alberto de Churriguera. Plaza de Anaya. DSC_0201

Palacio de Anaya

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University of Salamanca Faculty of Philology. Built in neoclassical style in 1760. DSC_0208

Convento de San Esteban

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"San Esteban, built in 1524-1610 by Juan de Alava for the Dominicans, who had settled in Salamanca in 1256. The Renaissance façade is ornamented with numerous figures of saints, a charming frieze of fantastic figures of men and beasts, and a relief of the Stoning of St. Stephen by Giovanni Antonio Ceroni of Milan (1610)".--Baedeker 1913 IMG_8264

Edificio de Domingo Borrego

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Edificio de Domingo Borrego. Built in 1913. Calle del Pozo Amarillo, 2-4. DSC_0178

Mercado Central

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Mercado Central del Abastos. Built in 1899-1909. Plaza del Mercado. "To the E. is the Market (Mercado, 1907)"--Baedeker 1913. IMG_8185