Cathedral of San Salvador

This cathedral was built on the ruins of a primitive basilica that had been built by Fruela in honour to this Saint and that had been destroyed by the Muslims.

The temple has a Latin cross plan with three naves, being the major one 10 meters width and the side ones 6 meters height. All the vaults are simple rib vaults except for the central one which is a star- shape vault. The central nave height allows the space to be better illuminated thanks to big windows of elliptic arches. The presbytery has suffered several changes.

During the Baroque, part of the choir was redesigned in order to build an ambulatory with radial chapels. The Major Chapel conserves its original plan keeping inside the altarpiece with scenes of Christ life by Giralte de Brusela, Alonso de Berrugueta and Juan de Balmaseda in Renaissance style, becoming one of the biggest altarpieces in Spain.

Around the apse there is a Renaissance ambulatory and five radial chapels has been opened to it.
The Gothic tower is 80 meters height and is finished off by a fretwork spire from 1556.

In the Chapel of the King Castro, we can find the Royal Pantheon in Baroque style, which is the burial place of the Prince and Princess of Asturias.

The Diocesan Museum has been set up in the cloister. This museum houses important archaeological samples.