Today we will visit the facades of the Cathedral.
The North Façade:
It is located next to the City Hall. The doorway of the North Façade is of Romanesque style. The Bell Tower is beside it. The base of the Bell Tower is also of Romanesque style but its upper part was completed subsequently and it is of Gothic Style. The Tower of San Andrés or la Torre del Reloj (Clock Tower) is on the other side of the Bell Tower and it is also of Gothic style.
The Romanesque doorway: The figure of the Bishop San Epitacio, the first bishop of the Diocese of Tui, dominates it. There is a double arch over the doorway, a triple archivolt and the “mochetas” with figures of a bear and a wolf.
North Facade, these are Bell Tower and Clock Tower.
This is the Romanesque doorway.
Detail of the north Facade. A window located in the base of the Bell Tower. It is also of Romanesque style such as the doorway.
Detail of the north Façade. Gothic windows of the Capilla del Santísimo. This Chapel is the base of the Tower of San Andrés, also called Clock Tower and of Gothic style.
The Main Façade or West Facade:
It is the Main Facade of the Cathedral. The doorway is of Gothic style. It is of the last quarter of the 12th Century, the Cathedral was consecrated in 1225, it should have been finished its construction on that date. The portico which was built between 1218 and 1236 was added to the doorway. Statues on the left which in turn act as columns represent Moses, Isaiah, St Peter and St John the Baptist. The right statue columns represent Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, Jeremiah and Daniel.
Annunciation, Nativity and Annunciation to Shepherds are represented in the lower part of the tympanum. The Three Wise Men with Herod and the Adoration of the Kings are represented at the top of the tympanum.
View of both sides of the portico.
This is the part of the facade that corresponds to the western wall of the cloister of the Cathedral to the tower of Soutomaior (southwest corner of the Cathedral).
A view of the Facade from San Fernando Square.
Detail of the main entrance door to the Cathedral.
The East Facade:
It covers the apse of the church and the east side of the cloister on which is located the Episcopal Palace. The Romanesque Chapter Hall is also on this side of the cloister. The church had an originally Romanesque apse but it was replaced in the fifteenth century by what are today the Chapel of Santiago, the Main Altar and the Chapel of San Pedro.
The Chapel of San Telmo was built in the sixteenth century. It was extended in 1732. It is located beside the Chapel of San Pedro.
We can see to the left the tunnel called de la Misericordia beside the church with the same name. To the right we see the East Façade of the Cathedral. From right to left: the window of the sacristy, the rose window corresponds with the Chapel of Santiago located to the right of the Main Altar. The part of the Chapel of San Telmo which was extended in 1732 is located over the tunnel de la Misericordia.
Tunnel de la Misericordia to the left is now closer. The window to the right of the picture corresponds with the Main Altar.
The emblem has two cords and the eight tassels that indicate the status of cathedrals. The Monastery of San Salvador of Celanova, to the south of the Province of Ourense, has also eight tassels. It is called monastery but it has or it had the status of a cathedral.
This is the church called de la Misericordia and we see to the right the East Façade of the Cathedral once again.
This is the Episcopal Palace. It was built in the 16th century.
The Southern Facade:
It covers the southern side of the cloister. The Episcopal Palace is located in the southeast corner, over this side of the cloister. The Tower of Soutomaior is in the southwest corner.
The cloister is Gothic style and it was built in the 13th century. At the beginning of the 15th century this part was rebuilt, the southern side of the cloister. At that time the Tower of Soutomaior was also built.
The Episcopal Palace located in the southeast corner of the Cathedral.
We can see beside the southern wall the gardens of the Episcopal Palace and the Soutomaior Tower.
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