Status Active Phone +34 956 16 90 59 | Dedication Holy Saviour Province Province of Cádiz Architectural type Cathedral | |
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Similar Museo Arqueológico Municipal, Palacio del Virrey Laserna, Church of San Miguel, Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera, Zoobotánico Jerez | ||
Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Asidonia-Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, southern Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931.
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Style
Built in the 17th century, it is a mix of Gothic, Baroque and Neoclassical style. It was elevated to the rank of cathedral in 1980.
Interior
The cathedral is on a central plan with a nave and four aisles of uneven height. The building is supported externally by normal and flying buttresses and crossing the transept is a dome.
The interior houses a Virgin Mary by Francisco Zurbarán, and a late 15th-century Gothic Crucifix (named Cristo de la Viga).
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Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA