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The Sarmental portal of Santa María la Real

Sasamón, Odra-Pisuerga, Burgos

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The Sarmental portal of Santa María la Real

Monument · Sasamón, Odra-Pisuerga, Burgos

The great Gothic temple, built between the 13th and 16th centuries, repeats on its main doorway the model of the Sarmental at Burgos Cathedral: a Christ in Majesty with the tetramorph and musicians on the archivolts. It is the third-largest temple in the province, after Burgos Cathedral and the church of the Asunción de Melgar de Fernamental, and it was an episcopal see in the early Middle Ages, which is why for a time the bishops of Burgos were also called bishops of Sasamón. The cloister, from the 15th century, is attributed to Juan de Colonia; around 1504 the south nave and the San Miguel doorway, in flamboyant style, were added. Inside, notable features include the chapel of Santiago, with a plateresque altarpiece, and that of San Bartolomé, with an ogival baptismal font.

Photo: Carlospalacios (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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