The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Huesca

The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord, also known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary, is a Roman Catholic church in Huesca, in Aragon, north-eastern Spain. It is the seat of the Bishop of Huesca. Its architecture is Gothic, and the project was initiated during the time of James I of Aragon in the late 13th century, even though construction would not be started until 1294 due to lawsuits.

The construction of the cathedral began in the late 13th century and the initial design proposed a construction of three naves, with five chapels at the front and a transept. The front was built with five apses between 1294 and 1309, and the general design comprises a Latin cross with side chapels and three naves of four sections, as well as the transept.

Situated next to the old mosque the Wasqah Taifa, which came up in the 12th century, a small Romanesque church was dedicated to Saint Mary of Joy. A part of the original Romanesque cloister is attached to the north side of the temple of which only the north and east bays and the southern part remain. The west bay was destroyed to build the Gothic cloister of Pope Luna, extending the south and north bays of the Romanesque.

The simple groin vaults in the side naves were put up between 1327 and 1348, and the central nave and the transept were covered with a wooden roof during the same period. The front of the cathedral, which is the work of the builder Guillem Inglés, is an outstanding piece of Gothic sculpture. It consists of seven archivolts that are home to sixteen figures, fourteen virgins, ten angels and eight prophets. A statue of the Virgin and Child dominates the center, with the Magi and the resurrected Christ with Mary Magdalene on the sides.

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