Bulacan State University

College of Architecture and Fine Arts

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2

GOTHIC
ARCHITECTURE
IN
SPAIN

Submitted to:
ARCHT. GODESIL G. LEJARDE
Early Gothic
Art and Architecture
Examples
Avila Cathedral
Architectural Characters
One of the first
Gothic
Structures in
Spain

It is castle like,
urrounded by a
number of
houses or
palaces

Its exterior wall

comprises part
of Avila’s town
walls
 Its elevation is
based according to
influences of the
Burgundian

There is a
Romanesque
sculptural tradition
which was strong in
late twelfth century
north west Spain

Eclectic features
and French styles
on its façade
Façade of the Avila cathedral
 The Avila 
Cathedral has 
characters 
showed French 
influences and 
certain 
resemblances to 
the Abbey 
Church of St. 
Denis, the first 
gothic church

Royal Abbey of St. Denis in Paris

 FLOOR PLAN
shaped in the form of a Latin cross 
Parts of the Avila Cathedral

1.- Chapel of the Piety – religious devotion

2.- Chapel of Saint Anthony
3.- Chapel of Saint Nicholas
4.- Chapel of Our Lady of the Grace
5.- Sepulcher of the el tostado – relics/corpse
6.- Chapel of Saint Second
7.- Entrance the Sacristry and the Cathedral's Museum
8.- Chapel of Saint Barnabas
9.- Chapel of the Cardinal
10.- Hall of the Chants
11.- Hall of the Custody
12.- Cloister – a continuous covered outdoor walkway built
against buildings surrounding a central courtyard or
quadrangle
13.- Main Altar
14.- Choir
15.- Retrochoir – the area behind the high altar in a large
church or cathedral
It is closed by intricate oblong arches, 
beautiful coats of arms carved at the 
junctions and on the columns
 The arch and the 
crucifix, as well 
as the columns 
placed as 
counter posts 
were placed 
much later

Main Chapel
from it, one can reach the Cathedratic Museum.
This incredible construction contains nine chapels, an exquisite
altar and an innumerable sepulchers of Avilensis bishops and
nobles
 The Chapel
The most important chapels are:
•The Chapel of Saint Nicholas, which
houses a renaissance portrait that calls:
"Alms to marry orphaned ladies on the
Day of Saint Nicholas", so in this day,
twelve ill-starred maidens who
demonstrated their honesty are doted in
order for them to find a husband.
•The Chapel of "The Watch" is
dedicated to Our Lady of the Graces
•The Saint Second Sepulcher of Don
Alonso of Madrigal, better known as the
El tostado, an Avilens bishop of great
statue. It has engraved a narration in
alabaster done by the Master Marco de
Zarza
•The last chapel of the dome is the
Sacristy and the Cathedratic Museum.
The Cloister
Used rib 
vaulting , as 
used in 
Vezelay, ribs 
with pointed 
endsand 
moulded 
capitals in 
inner 
ambulatory 
testifies on 
tihs
Pamplona Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Tarragona Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Toledo Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Léon Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Late Gothic
Art and Architecture
Examples
Burgos Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Segovia Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Salamanca
Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Catalan Gothic
Art and Architecture
Examples
Gerona Cathedral
Architectural Characters
St. Eulalia Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Palma de Majorca
Cathedral
Architectural Characters
Manresa Cathedral
Architectural Characters
 Sources:
A history of Architecture

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Art Catalan by Marciéli Duriat
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PRESENTATIO Report of:

CHAN, Noemi G.

N GARCIA, Azel Mica H.

GARCIA, Kristine Bernadette D.
LIBIRAN, Carla Christina S.J.
MANIEGO, Arlyn M.
NAVARRO, Ruzziel Van E.
TAPDASAN, Mary Jane G.
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