Spanish Gothic architecture

Spanish Gothic architecture is the style of architecture prevalent in Spain in the Late Medieval period.

The Gothic style started in Spain as a result of Central European influence in the twelfth century when late Romanesque alternated with few expressions of pure Gothic architecture. The High Gothic arrives with all its strength via the pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James, in the thirteenth century. Some of the most pure Gothic cathedrals in Spain, closest related to the German and French Gothic, were built at this time.

In some cases the Gothic style was built and decorated with Mudéjar elements by Mudéjar craftsmen and Christian craftsmen influenced by them, creating a highly distinctive Gothic style unique to Spain and Portugal. The most important post−thirteenth-century Gothic styles in Spain are the Levantine Gothic, characterized by its structural achievements and the unification of space, and the Isabelline Gothic, under the Catholic Monarchs, that predicated a slow transition to Renaissance architecture.

Sequence of Gothic styles in Spain

Ages of the main Gothic elements in many Spanish cathedrals.

The designations of styles in Spanish Gothic architecture are as follows. Dates are approximate.

Early Gothic (12th century)
High Gothic (13th century)
Mudéjar Gothic (from the 13th to the 15th centuries)
Levantino Gothic (14th century)
Valencian Gothic (14th and 15th century)
Catalan Gothic
Flamboyant/Late Gothic (15th century)
Isabelline Gothic (15th century)
Plateresque Gothic (15th century)

Examples

Early Gothic

High Gothic

Mudéjar Gothic

Valencian Gothic

Valencia Cathedral
Lonja de la Seda, in Valencia
Torres de Serranos
Palace of the Borgias
Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, in Alfauir.
Monastery of Santa María de la Valldigna, in Simat de la Valldigna.
Basilica of Santa Maria, in Alicante.
Orihuela Cathedral, in Orihuela.
Castelló Cathedral and El Fadrí, in Castellón de la Plana
Segorbe Cathedral in Segorbe.

Balearic Gothic

La Seu (cathedral) of Palma de Mallorca

Catalan Gothic

Gallery

Monastery of San Juan de Duero
Church of St John the Baptist, Ágreda [es] in Ágreda, nave
Church of St Felix, Torralba de Ribota [es] in Torralba de Ribota, altar
Church of St Felix, Torralba de Ribota [es] in Torralba de Ribota, portal
Church of San Miguel (Jerez de la Frontera), nave
Church of San Miguel (Jerez de la Frontera), crossing vault
St. Peter's Church, Teruel, nave and apse
Santa María de la Oliva, nave
Santa María de la Oliva, apse
Church of San Pedro de los Francos nave
Crossing vault of Seville Cathedral by Juan Gil de Hontañón
Monastery of Santa María de Huerta, cloister
Monastery of Santa María de Huerta, refectory
Monastery of Santa María de Huerta, refectory pulpit

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