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The choir stalls of Pelayos that ended up in Murcia Cathedral

Pelayos de la Presa, Sierra Oeste, Madrid

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The choir stalls of Pelayos that ended up in Murcia Cathedral

Curiosity · Pelayos de la Presa, Sierra Oeste, Madrid

Image of Pelayos de la Presa, not of the place itself.

The Plateresque choir stalls that Rafael de León carved for the monastery choir between 1567 and 1571 are no longer here: in 1854 Isabel II gave them to Murcia Cathedral, whose own choir had burned down, and there they have remained ever since.

Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid (CC BY 3.0 es)

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