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Colegiata de Santa Maria la Mayor, Calatayud

Roman Catholic church in Aragon, Spain

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Collegiate church of Santa María
Colegiata de Santa María
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Status	Church
Location
Location	Calatayud (Zaragoza), Spain
Shown within Spain
Geographic coordinates	41°21′15″N 1°38′42″W / 41.354056°N 1.645056°W / 41.354056; -1.645056
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Apse, cloister and tower of Colegiata de Santa María
Part of	Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon
Criteria	Cultural: (iv)
Reference	378ter
Inscription	1986 (10th Session)
Extensions	2001, 2016
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Colegiata de Santa María
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	14 June 1884
Reference no.	RI-51-0000042

The Colegiata de Santa Maria la Mayor, in translation, the Collegiate church of St Mary Major is a mudéjar-gothic style, Roman Catholic church located in Calatayud, in Aragon, Spain.

History[edit]

The church was commissioned in the 12th century after the Reconquista of Calatayud by King Alfonso I el Batallador. This church was sited where the main mosque of the town was located.

The church assumed a historical position in that it hosted some of the meetings of the Cortes de Calatayud during the reign of King Pedro IV of Aragon, and where the town swore allegiance to Emperor Charles I and later to King Philip III of Spain. The church was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1884.^{[citation needed]}

Art and architecture[edit]

Of the original mudéjar-gothic construction, the church retains the cloister, tower and apse. In the 16th century the portal was sculpted in alabaster by Juan de Talavera and Esteban de Obray.

In 1884, the church was declared Monumento Nacional, and the main portal was surrounded by a gate.

In 2001, the UNESCO recognized it as a World Heritage, within the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon Site.^[1]

Torre de Santa María[edit]

The 70 meter brick tower of octagonal base, and like most such towers, the decoration increases as one rises. Construction took centuries. At the base, the walls are 1.5 meters in thickness. The stairwell spirals upward between an inner and outer wall. The spire atop the belltower was built in the mid- to late 18th century.^[2]

See also[edit]

• List of Bien de Interés Cultural in the Province of Zaragoza

References[edit]

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