Coria Cathedral
Cathedral of Coria or Catedral de Asunción de Nuestra Señora is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Coria, Region of Extremadura, Spain. History The cathedral construction began in 1498 at the site of an older Visigothic cathedral and a later mosque. The cloister was built in the 14th century. In the next century, designs for the church were pursued by Martín de Solorzano and Pedro de Ybarra. The nave has Gothic tracery, while the facades and doorways show Renaissance decoration. The church suffered from the 1755 Lisbon earthquake The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. In combination with ..., when its belltower fell.
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Coria may refer to: Places Municipalities in Spain: *Coria, Cáceres *Coria del Río, Sevilla A Brythonic equivalent of the Latin Curia, used as a place-name in Roman Britain and elsewhere: *Coria (Corbridge), a Roman fort and town in Northumberland, England *Coria (Inveresk), a Roman fort in Midlothian, Scotland Other uses *Coria (surname) See also

* Corea (other) * Corium (other) {{disambiguation, geo ...
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