Lugo Cathedral, known as Saint Mary’s Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church and basilica in Lugo, Galicia, north-western Spain. Constructed in the early 12th century, the cathedral was commissioned by Bishop Peter III from Raimundo de Monforte in 1129 and completed in 1273. Before the current cathedral was built, a pre-Romanesque church stood on the site, commissioned by Bishop Odoarius in 755.
The 14th century added a larger Gothic apse and chapels. During the Renaissance, a retablo was added at the high altar, which was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and fragments of which are housed in the church. The cathedral received from the Pope the privilege to permanently expose the Holy Sacrament.
The present-day structure of the cathedral features a Latin Cross, measuring 85 meters in length. It houses a nave, covered by a barrel vault, and two aisles, with an ambulatory and five apse chapels. The triforium features triple ogival mullioned windows.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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