Going down the stairs that lead down to the Piazza Santa Maria you can see the western facade of the temple, inspired by the cathedrals of Paris and Reims.
In the lower body opens the Home of Santa Maria, consists of three pointed arches flared sheltering the Puerta Real, or of Forgiveness, center, and of the Assumption and the Immaculate sides. This cover was the work of the thirteenth century and, with his iconography dedicated to the Virgin, was considered the most important manifestation of Gothic sculpture in Castile, but the serious deterioration austerely forced rebuild the side doors in 1663 by Juan de Pobes, and central in neoclassical style, with triangular pediment flat bay and, in 1790, in the spandrels of the reliefs were placed side Conception and the Coronation, from the hand of Juan de Pobes, and in the spandrels, two double side arches that shelter statues paths.
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Plaza de Santa Maria
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Going down the stairs that lead down to the Piazza Santa Maria you can see the western facade of the temple, inspired by the cathedrals of Paris and Reims.
In the lower body opens the Home of Santa Maria, consists of three pointed arches flared sheltering the Puerta Real, or of Forgiveness, center, and of the Assumption and the Immaculate sides. This cover was the work of the thirteenth century and, with his iconography dedicated to the Virgin, was considered the most important manifestation of Gothic sculpture in Castile, but the serious deterioration austerely forced rebuild the side doors in 1663 by Juan de Pobes, and central in neoclassical style, with triangular pediment flat bay and, in 1790, in the spandrels of the reliefs were placed side Conception and the Coronation, from the hand of Juan de Pobes, and in the spandrels, two double side arches that shelter statues paths.
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