Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral

Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Saviour
Location	Jerez de la Frontera
Country	Spain
Denomination	Catholic
History
Dedication	Holy Saviour
Architecture
Status	Active
Architectural type	Cathedral
Style	Gothic Baroque Neoclassical

Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral
Native name Spanish: Catedral de Jerez de la Frontera
Location of Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral in Spain
Location	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Coordinates	36°40′55″N 6°08′28″W / 36.682007°N 6.141089°WCoordinates: 36°40′55″N 6°08′28″W / 36.682007°N 6.141089°W
Spanish Property of Cultural Interest
Official name: Catedral de Jerez de la Frontera
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1931
Reference no.	RI-51-0000498 Official site

The Cathedral of San Salvador is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Asidonia-Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, southern Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931.

Style

Built in the 17th century, it is a mix of Gothic, Baroque and Neoclassicist style. It was elevated to the rank of cathedral in 1980.

Interior

Inside

The cathedral is on a central plan with a nave and four aisles of uneven height. The building is supported externally by normal and flying buttresses and crossing the transept is a dome.

The interior houses a Virgin Mary by Francisco Zurbarán, and a late 15th-century Gothic Crucifix (named Cristo de la Viga).

Galería

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  Detail of the dome.
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  Cathedral view from the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera.
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  Main facade.
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  Dome from inside.
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  Entrance to the Cathedral Museum.
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  Details of the top.
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  Cathedral tower.
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  Cristo de la Viga.
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  Custody of the Corpus in procession.

See also

• List of Bien de Interés Cultural in the Province of Cádiz

References

External links

• Official site