Cathedral of Coria or Catedral de Asunción de Nuestra Señora is a
Roman Catholic
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church
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located in the town of
Coria, Region of
Extremadura
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, Spain.
History
The cathedral construction began in 1498 at the site of an older
Visigothic
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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
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tracery, while the facades and doorways show
Renaissance
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decoration. The church suffered from the
1755 Lisbon earthquake
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, when its belltower fell.
Spain Tourism office
information on church.
References
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Churches in Extremadura
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Extremadura
15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain
Renaissance architecture in Extremadura
Gothic architecture in Extremadura
Buildings and structures in the Province of Cáceres