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LUGO CATHEDRAL, GALICIA, SPAIN

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LUGO CATHEDRAL, GALICIA, SPAIN






INTRODUCTION



Saint Mary’s Cathedral, better known as Lugo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic
church and basilica in Lugo, Galicia, north-western Spain. The cathedral was
erected in the early 12th century in a Romanesque style, with Gothic, Baroque
and Neoclassicist elements.

A church existed in the site from 755. In 1129 Bishop Peter III commissioned a
new edifice in the latest architectural style from Raimundo, a local architect
and builder. This Romanesque structure was completed in 1273.



The Chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Ojos Grandes (Our Lady of the Big Eyes) in
the Cathedral of Lugo in Galicia, north-west Spain, houses an arresting cycle of
applied emblems executed c.1735. Drawn from different printed sources, such as
Jan David’s Pancarpium Marianum (1607) and Filippo Picinelli’s Mundus Symbolicus
… (1681), most of them are used to emphasize the prerogatives accorded to the
Virgin Mary by the Catholic Church.

However, a dozen emblems appear to be addressed to the faithful as they may echo
the process of spiritual perfection described by mysticism and popularized in
the seventeenth century through two emblem books, Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria
(1624) and Benedictus Van Haeften’s Schola Cordis (1629). This article explores
the connections between the Spanish edition of the latter, issued for the first
time in 1720 under the title La Escuela del Corazón, and the aforementioned
group of twelve non-Marian emblems.



Could these paintings be an embodiment of some of the lessons taught in the
Schola Cordis? If so, for what reason might they have been included in a
programme devoted to the Mother of God? In answering these questions, this
article attests to both the comprehensive relationship established between words
and images in the Early Modern period and the important didactic role played by
emblematics in the diffusion of post-Tridentine Catholicism.

Later renovations and restorations added elements in other styles, such as the
Renaissance retablo at the high altar. It was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon
earthquake and fragments of it are housed in the church. The cathedral received
from the Pope the privilege to permanently expose the Holy Sacrament.

The cathedral is another of the city’s architectural treasures. The incredible
chapel of the Virgin de los Ojos Grandes, is very Romanesque with valuable
Baroque elements. The beautiful Renaissance choir which is the altarpiece by
Cornelius of Holland, and an original tympanum in the north door, are some of
the temple’s most significant details. The central nave, which is extremely high
and has slightly pointed arches, points to a Gothic influence.


HISTORY OF LUGO CATHEDRAL, GALICIA, SPAIN




The cathedral has a Latin Cross structure, with a length of 85 m. It has a nave,
covered by a barrel vault, and two aisles, with an ambulatory and five apse
chapels. The triforium features triple ogival mullioned windows. The apse houses
a calvary sculpture from an unknown date.

The façade is a Renaissance design by Julián Sánchez Bort [es] inspired by a
plan proposed by Ventura Rodríguez for the Cathedral of Pamplona. Its
construction was finished in the late 19th century, with the completion of the
two side towers.

The northern entrance’s narthex is in Gothic style, dating to 1510-1530.
Internally showing a starred vault, it is formed by three archivolts with a
lintel showing Christ Pantocrator and with a pinjante (glove-shaped decorative
pendant) that features a depiction of the Last Supper.

To the right of the entrance is the Gothic Torre Vella (bell tower), surmounted
by a Renaissance top floor finished by Gaspar de Arce in 1580. The sacristy
(1678) and the cloister (1714) are in the Baroque style, as is the central
chapel of the triforium (1726). The chapel of St. Froilán is in Renaissance
style, dating to the 17th century. Notable is the choir, built by Francisco de
Moure (early 17th century).


ARCHITECTURE OF LUGO CATHEDRAL, GALICIA, SPAIN




Architectural Styles: Romanesque Architecture, Gothic Architecture, Baroque
Architecture, Neoclassical Architecture.

The Cathedral of Lugo – on its walls like a great open book. History that begins
in late Roman times, after the foundation of the city by the Romans. With the
subsequent evangelization, a temple was built in this same place, around the 1st
century. There is no news of what that first church in Lugo could have been, but
it is known that in the middle of the 8th century Bishop Odoario restored it.

In the XII, the figure of Raimundo de Monforte as master builder will stand out.
Later, in the 14th century, the greatest of the cathedral’s transformations took
place, largely caused by the terrible earthquakes that occurred in Portugal in
the 18th century.

Internally, the temple has the longest and narrowest plant of the Hispanic
cathedral temples. Despite the plurality of periods, its features respond mainly
to a late Romanesque style. On the outside, the Romanesque façade of the North
Gate stands out. The figure of Christ in Majesty leaning on a beautiful capital
in which the Last Supper is represented, is one of the symbols of this
cathedral.

The temple, summary and hodgepodge of all architectural periods, allows an
unparalleled journey through history and art through stone.




MAIN CHAPEL



In the main chapel of the cathedral of Lugo, the Blessed Sacrament is
permanently exposed. Since time immemorial, day and night. This motif,
represented on the coat of arms of Galicia, makes the cathedral of Lugo a unique
example of perpetual adoration of Jesus. It is a unique tradition in the world.
For this reason, Lugo is known as Lugo Ciudad del Sacramento. The main chapel is
the spiritual heart of the cathedral, where its inhabitants come to pray almost
continuously.

Let yourself be surprised by the fantastic paintings of José Terán. Discover the
magnificent altarpiece by Corniellis de Holanda, placed at the front of the
transept: a fantastic Renaissance work that represents one of the jewels of
16th-century sculpture in Galicia. Admire the beautiful complex formed by the
main chapel, the transept and the choir, as well as the Gothic ambulatory. All
elements that remind us of the beautiful history of survival, overcoming and
transformation of this cathedral. 




CHORUS



The Lugo cathedral is the only Galician cathedral that preserves its choir in
situ in the place that was usual in Hispanic churches. It occupies the first
three sections of the central nave. The work of the great Galician artist
Francisco de Moure, from the beginning of the 17th century, this set carved in
walnut represents a true artistic jewel.

The chairs are made up of a series of twenty-seven seats above ground level, and
another of thirty-nine on a higher plane. His unique interest focuses on the
imagery that develops throughout the whole.

Let yourself be surprised by what is, for many, the best choir of the 17th
century in Spain.


OUR LADY OF BIG EYES





AMBULATORY



The ambulatory of the Lugo cathedral is one of the most important works carried
out in Galicia in the Gothic period. It represents the greatest transformation
of the cathedral together with the new apse, also in the Gothic style. All the
chapels that make it up are Gothic, except for the central one. It is essential
to appreciate it also from the outside.

Beautiful railings precede the chapels of this ambulatory, among which the
chapel of Nuestra Señora de los Ojos Grandes stands out. A very complex creation
that combines architecture, sculpture and painting in a unique work of art that
seems to merge beyond stone and wood.

It is a baroque work in which the best Galician baroque artists of the time
worked: Fernando de Casas, Miguel de Romay and Miguel Ángel Antonio García
Bouzas. In the center, the venerated image of Our Lady of the Big Eyes, crowning
this complete Marian theology. The image represents the Virgin breastfeeding the
Child and owes its name to the expressive greatness of her eyes.




FEAST DAY - 4TH OCTOBER



The Feast Day of Lugo Cathedral, also known as Santa María Cathedral, in
Galicia, Spain, is celebrated on 4th October. This date corresponds to the Feast
of Saint Francis of Assisi, who is the patron saint of the cathedral.


MASS TIME




WEEKDAYS

9:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 (Noon) 8:00 pm


SUNDAYS

9:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 (Noon) 1:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm


CHURCH VISITING TIME

Weekdays : 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Sundays : 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm


CONTACT INFO


Lugo Cathedral,
Plaza Santa Maria, 1,
27001 Lugo, Spain


PHONE NO.



Tel : +34 982 23 10 38

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HOW TO REACH THE CATHEDRAL



Santiago de Compostela (SCQ) Airport, Galicia, Spain is the nearby airport to
the Cathedral.

Lugo Train Station in Lugo, Spain is the nearby Train Station to the Cathedral.


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