13th CENTURY AMAZING CATHEDRAL!
I had an amazing your today of the Cathedral of Leon
THE STAINED GLASS INSIDE IS AMAZING!
More Scenes from Inside:
The City of Leon:
Basilica de San Isidoro
The Basilica de San Isidoro in León (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St Isidore of Seville, León) started life as a simple monastery built in the 960s by King Sancho the Fat. The mark I buildings did not last long before being flattened by the awful al-Mansur (c938 – 1002 (64)) on his way to wipe out Santiago in the late 990s.
The monastery was rebuilt by Ferdinand I and his Queen, Sancha, consecrated in December 1063, and designated as the pantheon of the Kings of León, as well as being given the remains of San Isidore to look after. Later in the 1000s Princess Urraca extended the buildings put up by her parents, and the present day church and its narthex and museum date from this time.
The remaining two thirds of the complex is 1700s Baroque, but sympathetically done. The west side of the complex is the original Roman wall of the city and the main façade (below) is the south side of the church. There is a set of Zodiac signs on the archivolts of the main church door, called the Doorway of the Lamb.
The monastery museum and library contain some rare and outstanding treasures from the 900s, 1000s and 1100s.
Information gathered from http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/Spain/Camino_de_Santiago/Leon/San_Isidoro/San_Isidoro.htm
  
     
              
KEEP WALKING!
The Leon cathedral is beautiful. I really enjoy your photos Dan.
Wonderful. I loved Leon. Thanks for the great updates Dan.