Ciudad Rodrigo No. 3

Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2018

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Results: 12 records

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "In the cloister this darling little dragon (or winged lion?) was our favourite; it does so its best to look fierce and ferocious, but unsuccesfully..."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2018 by Joost Limburg

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - cloister - south side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Panda meridional (s. XIV) del maestro Benito Sanchez"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jose Luis Filpo Cabana, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken in November 2011 by Jose Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_Ciudad_Rodrigo._Claustro.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-3.0

view of church exterior - north view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale Santa María in Ciudad Rodrigo in der Provinz Salamanca (Kastilien-León/Spanien), Skulptur des Apostels Andreas am nördlichen Querhaus"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciudad_Rodrigo_Santa_María_271.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - north view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale Santa María in Ciudad Rodrigo in der Provinz Salamanca (Kastilien-León/Spanien), Relief am nördlichen Querhaus}

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciudad_Rodrigo_Santa_María_273.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - south façade - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale Santa María in Ciudad Rodrigo in der Provinz Salamanca (Kastilien-León/Spanien), Portada de las Cadenas (Südportal), Skulpturen aus der Zeit um 1230, Darstellung: Abraham, Isaias, Königin von Saba, Salomon, Ezechiel, Moses, Melchisedech, Bileam, David, Johannes der Täufer, Elias, Jeremias"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciudad_Rodrigo_Santa_María_226.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - south façade - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale Santa María in Ciudad Rodrigo in der Provinz Salamanca (Kastilien-León/Spanien), Portada de las Cadenas (Südportal), Madonna mit Kind"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciudad_Rodrigo_Santa_María_065.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - south façade - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale Santa María in Ciudad Rodrigo in der Provinz Salamanca (Kastilien-León/Spanien), Portada de las Cadenas (Südportal), Madonna mit Kind"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciudad_Rodrigo_Santa_María_065.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Catedral de Nuestra Señora Santa María. Muestra del plan constructivo tardorrománico de la Catedral. Las figuras del Pantocrátor (1200), importantes en su estilo, se asemejan al Pórtico de la Gloria."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jose Luis Filpo Cabana, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken in December 2010 by Jose Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pantocrátor._Portada_de_las_Cadenas.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-3.0

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale Santa María in Ciudad Rodrigo in der Provinz Salamanca (Kastilien-León/Spanien), Portada de las Cadenas (Südportal), Skulpturen aus der Zeit um 1200, Darstellung: Majestas Domini umgeben von den Aposteln Johannes, Petrus, Paulus und Jakobus dem Älteren"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciudad_Rodrigo_Santa_María_227.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Las tres ventanas del trifolio de la catedral de Santa María son piezas poco frecuentes en el románico, tanto por su riqueza decorativa como por su conservación."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angel M. Felicísimo, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 April 2015 by Angel M. Felicísimo [www.flickr.com/photos/elgolem/17038600451/] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale Santa María in Ciudad Rodrigo in der Provinz Salamanca (Kastilien-León/Spanien), spätromanisches Archivoltenfenster der Südfassade"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciudad_Rodrigo_Santa_María_187.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michal Gorski, 2009

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 May 2009 by Michal Gorski [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:37500_Ciudad_Rodrigo,_Salamanca,_Spain_-_panoramio_-_Michal_Gorski_(1).jpg] [accessed 1 July 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22217CIU
Church/Chapel: Catedral de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Plaza San Salvador, 1, 37500 Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 923 48 14 24
Country Name: Spain
Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N620a
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Ciudad Rodrigo
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We agrateful to Joost Limburg for his information on the present font here and the photograph of the non-threatening dragon in the cloister
Church Notes: started late-12thC; completed 14thC
In his 'Ciudad Rodrigo: la Catedral y la Ciudad' [https://cmcort.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ciudad-rodrigo-la-catedral-y-la-ciudad-1.pdf] [accessed 1 July 2019] Mateo Hernandez Vegas (Valencia: CMC Editor, 2012) notes: "Pila del bautismo. Estuvo muchos años en la nave de la Epístola, después enla capilla de Santa Ana (pórtico del Perdón) y últimamente fue trasladada al centro de esta capilla; pero como estorbase, entre otras cosas, para el monumento de Semana Santa, que se ponía allí en el siglo XVI, por fin, a 13de Febrero de 1568, se acordó «mudar el baptisterio y metelle en la pared y, por tanto, no enajenar el suelo y arco donde se metiere». Further in that same source: "A 23 de Agosto de 1523 se mandó mudar la pila de bautizar del sitio en que estaba, en la nave de la Epístola, a la capilla de Santa Ana; y a 1.° de Junio de1526 se acuerda poner la pila nueva donde estaba la vieja. Esta pila nueva, mandada hacer en 1521, se describe así en las actas: «Ha de ser de la cantera de San Juan, de grano más fino que la que hay, bien labrada, ochavada, en la parte alta una orla, el pie ochavado y, sobre él, cuatro cabezas; ha de ser obra buena y fermosa». Se concertó con Juan Pérez en 20.000 maravedises, 10 cuartillos de vino y 10 fanegas de trigo. Ya dijimos que, posteriormente, fue trasladada la pila de bautismo a la capilla del Sagrario. La que hoy existe no es la descrita." The present font in ther cathedral is modern [18th-19th century?]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.598941, -6.535096
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 35′ 56.19″ N, 6° 32′ 6.35″ W
UTM: 29T 708564 4497158