Cathedrals in Spain

Set beside the sea and visible from almost anywhere in the city, Cádiz Cathedral blends Baroque and Neoclassical styles after more than a century of building work, and you can climb its Clock Tower.

Congregational mosque, Christian cathedral and UNESCO World Heritage Site: the great monument of Caliphal art, where twelve centuries of history coexist under a single roof.

The largest cathedral in the world by area, built on the site of the old great mosque, it is home to the Giralda, the Patio de los Naranjos and the tomb of Christopher Columbus.

The Cathedral of the Saviour, which shares its status as a seat of the Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín, is a key part of the historic monumental ensemble of this village in the province of Teruel.

In Monzón, the Co-Cathedral of Santa María del Romeral shares the seat of its diocese with Barbastro and is protected as a Site of Cultural Interest.

La Seu, a Gothic cathedral overlooking the sea from atop Palma's city walls, is home to Europe's largest original Gothic rose window and one of the tallest naves on the continent.

San Sebastián's great neo-Gothic cathedral, the largest church in Gipuzkoa, whose soaring silhouette dominates the centre of the city.

Vitoria's old cathedral, a Gothic church that has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015 as part of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain.

A jewel of Spanish Gothic begun in 1221 and a World Heritage Site in its own right, with openwork spires, the Constable's Chapel, the tomb of El Cid and the famous Papamoscas.

A Herrerian cathedral left half-built: Juan de Herrera's grand project in the heart of Valladolid, with Baroque additions and a story of thwarted ambition.

Gothic since 1232 and completed in neoclassical style, El Burgo de Osma Cathedral preserves the memory of one of the oldest dioceses in Spain.

The Pulchra Leonina, a jewel of French-influenced Gothic right on the Camino de Santiago, where the walls all but disappear to make way for one of the largest collections of medieval stained glass in the…

With its crenellated, military-looking towers, the «fortis seguntina» sums up centuries of history, from the Romanesque of the Reconquista to High Gothic, in the heart of Sigüenza.

The primatial church of Spain and, for many, the crowning achievement of Spanish Gothic, Toledo Cathedral distils almost three centuries of building ambition into white stone.

La Seu of Barcelona, a Gothic jewel built between the 13th and 15th centuries, preserves the memory of Saint Eulalia and has a cloister that is home to thirteen white geese.

The only entirely Romanesque cathedral in Catalonia, with a Lombard air, stone lions guarding its portal and fortress-like walls in the heart of the Lleida Pyrenees.

Crowning the highest point of Girona, the Cathedral of Saint Mary boasts the widest Gothic nave in the world and a 12th-century Romanesque cloister.

Standing on Plaza de España, the Cathedral of St John the Baptist is the archiepiscopal seat of Mérida-Badajoz and the great religious landmark of the city centre.

Cáceres' principal church, a late Gothic building with Romanesque traces and Renaissance touches, presiding over the Plaza de Santa María at the heart of the World Heritage-listed old town.

Gothic at heart, with Plateresque additions and a Baroque tower, Coria Cathedral holds tombs, wrought-iron screens and Mudéjar choir stalls that amply reward an unhurried visit.

The New Cathedral of Plasencia, seat of its diocese, boasts the most abundant and lavish ornamentation of any church in Extremadura: an unmissable stop in the north of the region.

Romanesque in origin and later reworked in the Gothic style, Tui Cathedral crowns the highest hill in the town, overlooking the River Miño and the border with Portugal.

The Co-Cathedral of St Julian, dedicated to the patron saint of Ferrol, is the city's great Catholic church and has shared its rank with Mondoñedo Cathedral since 1959.

Romanesque in origin and Baroque in its best-loved corners, Lugo Cathedral holds a choir unique in Galicia and the Blessed Sacrament exposed day and night by papal privilege.

Dedicated to Saint Martin, Ourense Cathedral is one of Spain's great Romanesque churches and a masterpiece of the Galician Middle Ages, with portals that bear the legacy of Master Mateo.

The final destination of the Camino de Santiago and, according to tradition, the resting place of the tomb of the Apostle, Compostela's cathedral was one of the great pilgrimage destinations of medieval Europe.

The most complete cathedral complex in Spain, with an exceptional 14th-century Gothic cloister, a rare medieval kitchen and a restrained neoclassical façade.

A late Romanesque church of Cistercian inspiration built on the foundations of the Great Mosque, it stands at the heart of Tudela's old town and has been a national monument since 1884.

Segorbe Cathedral, built from the 13th century onwards alongside the town walls, boasts an unusual Valencian Gothic cloister with a trapezoidal plan that is striking in its simplicity.