By juancar347 on Skatehive
Today our attention is once again focused on one of Spain's most significant cathedrals, which, although it suffered from neglect and oblivion for centuries, to the point that the locals themselves ironically and bitterly called it “the Beautiful Unknown,” is fortunately enjoying well-deserved attention today, once again drawing eyes to it: the Cathedral of San Antolín in Palencia. We are therefore dazzled by the geometric beauty of what is considered the third largest cathedral in Spain, letting ourselves be carried away by the fantastic essence of a story whose genesis, as Chesterton recommended, begins, at least, in that obscure 7th century, with what is considered to have been a Visigothic temple—probably also built on top of an earlier pagan one—that is believed to have been constructed during the reign of Wamba. On this site, considered the 'crypt of San Antolín', a first Romanesque cathedral was built. Later, attention turned to the heights of Gothic architecture, further emphas