Collegiate Of Saint IsidoroUgne Steiblyte

Collegiate Of Saint Isidoro

Collegiate Of Sain Isidoro

Address: Plaza de San IsidoroCity: LeonRegion: Castilla y LeonCountry: SpainContinent: Europe

Coordinates:42°36′36″N 5°34′15.6″W

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At the northeast side of the roman encampment Legio VII Gemina by the camp wall, King Sancho the Fat (dead in 966), built a monastery for sheltering the rests of the martyr boy from Cordoba, St. Pelayo. Later it was razed by the Arabic chief troops. King Alfonso the Vth (999-1027) rebuilt the monastery using very poor materials, like clay and bricks. Doña Sancha and King Fernando rebuilt monastery out of stone and so began the romanic style in their kingdom. They choose the portic of the church as a cemetery and ordered to be buried there. They wanted to dignify their church with relevant saints relics; they achieved the moving of St. Isidoro's corpse from Sevilla and St. Vicente's from Avila

Collegiate Of Saint IsidoroUgne Steiblyte

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•The structure of the church draws a three aisles latin cross plant. The head of the church is shaped by three half circled apses. The elder chapel was begun in 1513. It is covered by a cross-shaped arched roof at the inside; outside, it looks like a tower or a house block.•Panteon de los Reyes is the burial place of several kings and queens of Leon (almost 33 members of the ancient Court of Leon). It is a building with a square plant and three aisles. The crypt has 38 capitals.• The cloister was built along different architectural styles. The romanic archery is an opened corridor with five arches and constitutes one of both porticoes that were added to the original one in the church

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Museum consists of two halls. Archives. A monument door opens on a right-angled room, divided in three spans.The central vault is oval-shaped, and in the middle hangs a big lantern decorated with biblical personages, skulls, flowers and pendants. Enlighted with several windows that are located quite high in the walls. Only natural light.

Museum hall. Entering in the middle, round circulation about objects. The room is in half-light, only objects are enlighted with spot light. There is no natural light.

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Since 1593 "by privilege and pardon, the Blessed sacrament is always present". In 16th century, whoever was the author of "La Pícara Justina", he put in her words this description of the Collegiate church of St. Isidoro, which was called of St. Isidro then: "If I were very devotee, I would have to devote myself to see St. Isidro of Leon, because that one house, in precious relics, is Jerusalem; in indulgences, Rome; in greatness of buildings, a Pantheon; in religion, the anchoret; in choir, a sky; in the divine cult, wealth, brocades, silver and gold, a temple of Salomon".

The temple is open day and night.  

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