Tudela Cathedral

The Cathedral of Santa María la Mayor (Santa Maria the Major, or Santa Maria the Great) of Tudela (Navarre) is a late Romanesque church, inspired by Cistercian architecture, of large dimensions, which began to be built at the end of the 12th century during the reign of Sancho VI the Wise, passing the baton to his son Sancho VII the Strong, who in turn passed it to his nephew Theobald I. It used some of the foundations of the Great Mosque of Tudela (9th to 11th centuries). As the orientations of the two temples did not coincide, the mosque was demolished to build the new temple and only some of its foundations were reused. The current temple is located between the present-day Plaza Vieja and the streets Roso, Portal and Horno Higuera in the old town of Tudela. Initially it served as the collegiate church of Santa María, being elevated to a cathedral in the 18th century by Pope Pius VI when Tudela was separated from the diocese of the neighbouring city of Tarazona. The new dignity was granted at the request of Charles III. A century later, in 1884, it was declared a national monument.

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