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Valencia Cathedral

Walking the streets of Valencia, surely you will spend in front of his temple: the Cathedral and today we visit.

While it can not be considered of the most beautiful in Spain, where there are many excellent examples of religious architecture, the Cathedral of Valencia deserves attention by the amalgam of styles that have shaped through the centuries and its greatest treasure which is said to be the “Holy Grail”.

This temple is built on a mosque which, in turn, occupied the space of a Visigoth cathedral. Today only remains of the two. In the thirteenth century, James I the Conqueror decided to build temple in honor of Santa Maria funded by the bourgeoisie of the city of Valencia.

As he was demolishing a Muslim, grew a classic building with three naves, dome of the transept, ambulatory, and apse. The legend says that King broke down the last walls of the mosque with their own hands, using a mallet.

The Valencian usually refer to the long construction of the cathedral (or pseudo) with a popular saying: “That is longer than the works of the seu. And this is seen in the different styles that were translating: medieval structure, one of the covers of the cruise is Romanesque and the other is Gothic.

Interior Catedral de Valencia

In the latter, the Door of the Apostles, traditionally meets the Water Court to adjudicate the disputes on the issue of farmers irrigate their fields.

The old Chapter House, now called the Chapel of the Holy Grail because it is kept a cup of agate of the century that some would identify with the Holy Grail. This hall and belfry Miguelete or New, used as a lighthouse at one time, were exempt from the building and did not join him until 1459.

Undoubtedly, a sampling of styles that is not without its charm. Surely the figure of the Cathedral of Valencia and you’ll notice is one more reason to chill out on the most traditional streets of the city.