Diocesan and Cathedral Museum (Valladolid)
The Diocesan and Cathedral Museum of Valladolid is located in the former collegiate church and later cathedral of the northern Spanish provincial capital Valladolid .
location
1.Capilla de San Juan Evangelista
2.Capilla de NS de los Dolores
3.Capilla de NS del Sagrario
4.Capilla de San Fernando
5.Capilla Mayor
6.Capilla de la Magdalena
7.Capilla de San José
8.Capilla de San Pedro
9th Capilla de San Miguel
10th
Sacristia 11th Capilla de San Lorenzo
12th Sala Capitular
13th Capilla de Santo Tomás
14th Angelo del Claustro
15th Capilla de San Blas y de San Juan Evangelista
16th Torre de la Colegiata
17th Capilla de Santa Inés
18th Sala Nueva del Museo
The Diocesan and Cathedral Museum of Valladolid is located in the historic center of Valladolid directly opposite the new cathedral.
history
The construction of the old collegiate church was donated in the early 12th century by the count and royal confidante Pedro Ansúrez ; Of this, however, only a Romanesque tower remains . About a century later, the old buildings were demolished and replaced by new buildings in the early Gothic style ; Today's museum is located in them. The associated three-aisled church has been enlarged since the 14th century by adding side burial chapels .
At the end of the 16th century, the city council (cabildo) decided to build a new collegiate church on the adjacent site. On the initiative of Philip II , the unfinished building was raised to the rank of cathedral in 1595, which was to become one of the largest in the world, but it remained unfinished.
The conversion of the old collegiate church and the creation of the museum can be traced back to the initiatives of Archbishop and art collector José García y Goldaraz, who has been in office since 1953 . The museum opened in 1965.
collection
The museum only contains works of sacred art. The most important are located in the Capilla de San Lorenzo and include two high medieval stone sarcophagi belonging to members of the Téllez de Meneses family , a carved Lamentation of Christ by Alejo de Vahía , a Man of Sorrows ( Ecce Homo ) by Juan de Juni , and a cloak-dividing Saint Martin by Gregorio Fernández . But also in the adjoining halls there are sacred works of art of the first order - e.g. B. a silver custodia by Juan de Arfe .
Web links
- Museum website - video, photos + brief information (Spanish)
- Diocesan and Cathedral Museum (Valladolid) - photos + information (arteguias, Spanish)