León Cathedral

Santa María de León Cathedral, also called The House of Light or the Pulchra Leonina is in the city of León in north-western Spain. It is the third Roman Catholic cathedral to be built on the site of what was originally a Roman bath.Alejandro Lapunzina, Architecture of Spain (Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press 2005), pp. 26–27 The first cathedral was built by King Ordoño II of León. It was probably built in the Mozarabic style but was damaged in the 990s. The second cathedral was consecrated in 1073. It was built in the Romanesque style of architecture. The present Gothic style cathedral was started in 1255. It was completed about 50 years later.Rick Steves, Spain 2009 (Berkeley, CA: Avalon Travel, 2008), p. 223 The cathedral has some of the finest examples of stained glass windows in all of Europe.

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 Other websites 
 InFocus: León Cathedral (León, Spain) at HitchHikers Handbook 
Official Site of León Cathedral
Webcam of León Cathedral 

Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in Spain
Category:13th-century buildings and structures
Category:León, Spain