Burgos Cathedral
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How it came to be
Burgos became a bishopric in 1075 under Alfonso VI of León and Castile, and its Romanesque cathedral was finished in 1096. In 1221 the first stone of a new Gothic cathedral was laid in the presence of King Ferdinand III and Bishop Maurice. Work moved fast: by Maurice's death in 1238 the front, much of the transept and the naves were nearly complete, and the cathedral was consecrated in 1260.
By 1240 Master Enrique, who also built León Cathedral, was in charge of the works. After a pause of nearly 200 years, Juan de Colonia, from Cologne, added openwork spires to the west towers in the mid-15th century, and his son Simón carried on, working on the Constable's Chapel among other projects. The cathedral was completed in 1567, when Juan de Vallejo finished the crossing tower.
At the crossing lie El Cid, Rodrigo Díaz, born at Vivar near Burgos, and his wife Jimena; he died in 1099 and was first buried at the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña. Inscribed in 1984, Burgos is the only cathedral in Spain on the World Heritage List in its own right rather than as part of a historic centre.
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