4900 x 3675 px | 41,5 x 31,1 cm | 16,3 x 12,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
19 aprile 2010
Ubicazione:
Cathedral of Leon. Leon. Spain.
Altre informazioni:
Santa María de León Cathedral, also called The House of Light or the Pulchra Leonina is situated in the city of León in north-west Spain. It was built on the site of previous Roman baths of the 2nd century which, 800 years later, the emblematic king Ordoño II converted into a palace. Its doors, its impressive rose window, the choir (one of the oldest in the country) and the delicacy of some figures, like the venerated Virgin Blanca presiding over the constant traffic of visitors, are some of the not-to-be-missed features of this cathedral. Its almost 1, 800 square meters of stained glass windows dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century are among the world's finest stained glass