17 La Seo de Zaragoza : Romanesque, Gothic and Mudejar
© 1999 Miguel Angel Latorre.
The initial Romanesque project underwent modifications during the 13th century. The Mudejar craftsmen gave La Seo a new personality. Plaster and brick, cheaper and easier to obtain local materials, became prominent, changing the aesthetic spatial design of the church.
In 1318 it obtained the rank of Metropolitan Church thanks to the Papal Bull of John XXII, and Don Pedro López de Luna (1314-1345), first archbishop of Zaragoza, complained about the state of ruin. For this reason and due to the change in artistic direction from Romanesque to Gothic, a new construction drive was undertaken during the 14th and 15th centuries, creating the great Mudejar cathedral.
17 La Seo de Zaragoza : Romanesque, Gothic and Mudejar
© 1999 Miguel Angel Latorre.
The apses are raised, the naves are raised in height and at the intersection of the central nave with the transept a tower-shaped dome is raised, while the work is filled with light.
7 La Seo de Zaragoza : Romanesque, Gothic and Mudejar
© 1999 Miguel Angel Latorre.
The exteriors were covered with brick ornaments in bands and squares, forming geometric designs of infinite repetition.
The ceramic pieces of various shapes and colours, together with the large Gothic windows covered with delicate plaster tracery, complete a wall full of light effects.
From the outside you can admire this wall of the "Parroquieta" or parish chapel of San Miguel Arcángel, which was built in 1360 by Archbishop Lope Fernández de Luna. The building, in exposed brick, is made with polychrome tiles and purely Mudejar decorative motifs.
Once inside, you can first visit the chapel, where the archbishop's tomb is located. The work, made of alabaster, is by Pedro Moragues (1379).
You can also admire the splendid wooden dome, richly decorated.
5 La Seo de Zaragoza : Romanesque, Gothic and Mudejar
© 1999 Miguel Angel Latorre.
A brief list of other important monuments that populate the city would be the following:
If you want Ample your information on Aragon you can begin crossing some Monasteries, our 40 Castles another interesting route is the Mudejar, Patrimony of the Humanity, also you can extend your cultural knowledge on Aragón examining its municipal and institutional heraldica without forgetting, of course, some of its emblematicas figures as San George Pattern of Aragon or its personages I illustrate adding to these data a minimum crossed by its history o some books.
Also Aragón enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals, or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiario that lives in its monuments.
The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces: Zaragoza, Teruel y Huesca y sus varied Regions, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa or the Moncayo or by opposition in the valle of the Ebro.
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