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Cathedral of San Salvador | |||
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| Architect | unknown |
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| Location | Avila, Spain map | ||
| Date | 1091 timeline | ||
| Building Type | church | ||
| Construction System | bearing masonry | ||
| Climate | temperate | ||
| Context | mountains, urban | ||
| Style | Romanesque to Gothic | ||
| Notes | In picturesque walled town | ||
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| Discussion | Cathedral of San Salvador Commentary
“The church, though begun in the Romanesque style, evolved through the years into the basic Gothic form seen today. Its recessed portal combines both styles, with a round-headed Romanesque door set in Gothic pointed arches. The entry, with its panel of thirteenth-century saints above and unusual sculpture at the top, all tightly framed by buttresses, hints of a Moorish influence: an elaborate access surrounded by simple flanking walls. Gothic crockets enliven the starkness The lofty interior is noted more for its details (retable, two wrought-iron pulpits) than for its Gothic correctness.” —G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. p46. | ||
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Sources on Cathedral of San Salvador
G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3556-2. LC 90-30728. NA200.S57 1990. facade/entry photo, p47. discussion p46.
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