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| . - Seu Vella
. - Iglesia Sant Llorenç
. - Catedral nueva
. - la Suda
. - Palau Paeria |
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Lérida monumental - Seu Vella
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. - Seu Vella
the visit to the monumental set of "turó of the Seu Vella" - building that comprises of the Museum of History of Catalonia - will allow him to enjoy the magnificent views of the city that offers the peak of the "Llengua de Serp" or the "Baluard of Reina."
It can accede to the "Seu Vella" in car or on foot from the street Sant Martí, entering the enclosure walled by the Door of Leon, from the seat of San Joan, in elevator, by the Vestibule of San Andreu, or by means of line 12 |
of urban buses that circulate of Monday to Saturday from 7,30 to 21,00 h.
The construction of the Seu Vella goes away to initiate the 1203, under the direction of the teacher Pere de Coma, the place where, according to the historians, a Muslim mosque existed. Dedicated to Santa Maria, the weather was consecrated to the cult year 1278. The work is not interrupted and, to century XIV, it is going away to finish claustro.
During that same century XIV the construction sites of the bell tower began, that will extend until a the 1431. The work presents/displays Latin cross basilical plant of three ships. Of the interior of the weather they also emphasize the sculpture of the ships that shows the toscana influence, tolosana and Provençal of the different factories which they go to work during century XIII, as well as the rest from painting mural that correspond to the gothic time.
The doors
The western door, or of the Apostles, whom the access to claustro facilitates from the outside, was begun in century XIV and it was finished during century XV. The Mare de Déu of the Blau presided over this monumental gothic door.
The bell tower
the bell tower of the Seu Vella counts on a total of seven bells. Two are of gothic style and they go away to construct to century XV. Sillvestra, that touch the hours, and Mónica are denominated, that touches the quarters. The other five bells are electrical, of half-full of century XX, and its function is essentially liturgical. The Barbarian, Purest, Christ, Marieta i Meuca denominate themselves.
Claustro
Located in the western part of the cathedral, is of the singular claustros but of the country. Of rectangular plant, the ships are of zinc sections with great pointed returns is openwork large windows elegant that are opened to the South gallery towards the outside and which they offer a great Vista of the city and the orchard.
. - Church Sant Llorenç
Romanesque Church of style, but with gothic finished extensions and. Second in importance after the Seu Vella. It has three ships of the same height with three apses.
The central ship, of style Romanesque is but the old one. The other two lateral ships are of gothic style. The construction beginning at the end of century XII by means of the escultores and craftsmen who work with Pere de Coma, teacher of the Seu Vella. The lateral chapels and the octogonal bell tower - of century XV- they are of gothic style. The building conserves four important goticos altarpieces, but the great one dedicated to Sant Llorenç, the one of Santa Úrsula - attributed to Jaume Cascalls, the one of Sant Pere and the one of Santa Lucia. To the gothic door of the seat of Sant Josep the blazons of Berenguer de Gallart are visible. The church, seat catedralícia in two occasions, contains different pieces of art pertaining to the Museum Diocesano de Lérida.
They emphasize the sculpture of the Mare de Déu dels Fillols, coming from the Seu Vella and a gothic picture of century XV, Santa Maria of the Candelera, attributed to painter Mateu Ferrer and who represents Sant Blas. In the same church one is the tomb of Ramon de Tàrrega and the Sant Crist Trobat, image recovered by Jaume Perelló. In year 2002 one is going away upon maturity to take the restoration of the bell tower that has recovered its beauty thanks to the artisan reproduction of openworks of the railing and the original gargoyles. Of Monday through Friday 9,30 - 12,30 h i 17 - 20 h 11 festive Saturdays and -13 h i 17 - 20 h
. - New Cathedral
Between 1761 and 1781, takes place the construction of the New Cathedral gràcias to the contributions of the inhabitants of Lérida, king Carlos III and the bishop Joaquin Sanchez. Of baroque style i with a great tendency to the French academicista clasicismo, Commercial axis is located in the heat of, in front of the Old Hospital of Santa Maria.
The perrons, with three iron doors of average lateral point and tarretas give access to the fore door, that shines the shield of the Borbones in the superior part. The interior, with a plant of three ships, hides esbelta columnata of style corintio that supports the arcs of average point.
The choir of baroque style, work of Lluís Bonifas Massó, was destroyed during the Civil War (1936). The temple welcomes the image of Déu de Montserrat (the Moreneta), work of Josep Obiols, pattern of Catalonia and point of peregrination day 27 of April. Also the Mare de Déu of the Blau venerates (dwelled), that celebrates its festividad the day and, according to the legend receives east name by the mulberry one that did the escultor to him when sending to him a hammer to the forehead when it saw that while was of trip, one of its disciples had finished to the work surpassing fully the artistic capacity of the teacher.
. – La Suda
It Upon the cathedral, are left rest of the castle that was residence of the Arabs and soon reformed by the Catalan monarchs. It is a solid construction of which single it is left the structure.
. - Palau Paeria
the City council of Lérida is located in the middle of the Commercial Axis.
The Morra (old prison of s. XVI located to the cellar), the municipal file and the inner patio in are some of them jewels.
The Palau of the Paeria, the most representative work of the románica civil architecture to Lérida, also is one of the more emblematic monumental constructions of Catalonia.
Its aspect presents diverse interventions. The facade that is opened to the Segre river responds to the architecture of neoclassic style and, the 1929, go away to decide on a remodeling of neomedieval character. The result is a perfectly balanced construction. Constructed to the beginning of century XIII, it is raised on "layers" of history that the municipal technicians and of the University of Lérida have put in the open after successive excavations.
To century XIV - concretely the 1383- the gentlemen of Sanaüja, proprietors and precursors of the present construction, yielded the building to the city so that it was the municipal seat of the government. Nowadays, the Paeria, as they know the leridanos, that is to say, the house of (to paer in CAP) the mayor, welcomes numerous treasures that reflect the identity of the city.
The word "paer" comes from the Latin word patiarii, that means "peace man". The mayors of the city go to adopt this sobrename after the concession of the privilege atorgado by king Jaime I the 1264 to the old consuls of Lérida.
The altarpiece of the Virgin of the Paers the gothic altarpiece of the century XV (1451-1454) that adorns the noble room - where the civil marriages are celebrated originally presided over the altar of the chapel of the Paeria. The work has like central figure the Mare de Déu flanked by arcángeles Gabriel i Miguel. The Mare de Déu, surrounded by the four "paers", symbolizes the protection on the government of the city.
The Morra
the 1486 go away to reform the cellars of the Paeria to create a prison with separated stays for men and women. The Morra is the name whereupon knows the camera until death destined the condemned prisoners. The walls of the prison gather numerous "graphite" that date from century XVI or XVII and represent crucifixion and keys in signal of religious devotion and lack of freedom.
The Municipal File and the "Pobla Letter"
In this space there is a beautiful baroque wood closet that is known like the Closet of the Privileges. Another one of the treasures of the file “Libro de Usos”, that dates from century XIV. But mainly, the more important historical document that it has been catalogued in the municipal file is the Letter Pobla, first constitution of the inhabitants of territories of Lérida dated in 1150. Of Monday to Saturday 11.00 to 14.00h is and 17,00 to 20.00h Festive 11.00 to 14.00h |
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