The Cathedral of Barbastro ( es, Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción) is a

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cathedral in the town of

Barbastro Barbastro (Latin: ''Barbastrum'' or ''Civitas Barbastrensis'', Aragonese: ''Balbastro'') is a city in the Somontano county, province of Huesca, Spain. The city (also known originally as Barbastra or Bergiduna) is at the junction of the rivers Cinc ...

in the province of

Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

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History

A church was first erected on May 5, 1101, at the site of a mosque by Saint Poncio, bishop of the diocese. A new church was rebuilt in the 16th century. The present church was erected between 1517 and 1533 by Juan de Sariñena, Juan de Segura and others. The church was declared a national monument in 1931. Of interest are the thin columns ending in floral and decorated capitals. The central and main

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has scenes dedicated to the ''Assumption of the Virgin'' and ''Passion of Christ'' with an alabaster base sculpted in a

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in the style of

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. The upper part was carved in wood between 1600 and 1602. The chapel of San Jose has an altarpiece dedicated to the Abbot St Victorián, and is attributed to

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or his studio. One of the southern chapels, the Chapel of Miracles, has a venerated wood icon entitled the ''Santo Cristo de los Milagros'', (Christ of the Miracles), carved by Enrique Monjó in 1939 at the end of the

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. One relief also commemorates the martyred bishop, Blessed Florentino Asensio.Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón
, entry on cathedrals. Barbastro Cathedral together with the co-cathedral at

Monzón Monzón is a small city and municipality in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. Its population was 17,176 as of 2014. It is in the northeast (specifically the Cinca Medio district of the province of Huesca) and adjoins the rivers Cinca and ...

, belongs to the

Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

References

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