Cathedral of St. Salvador

It is the first Christian Cathedral of Zaragoza. It is dedicated to St Salvador. It was built on the ruins of the roman forum temple, the Visigothic church and the Muslim Major Mosque.

The bishop Pedro Torroja starts the Cathedral in a Romanesque style, with three naves, transept and three semicircular apses. Between the XIV and the XV Century starts the construction of the current Gothic Cathedral, so a new central nave and two side naves are added. Its Baroque tower was built by Contini in 1686. The base dome, from the end of the XV Century, is a Juan Botero´ s work of art and is a star of eight points. In the middle of the XVI Century, the pillars and the vaults are reformed.

Inside, the Major Altar has a fabulous altarpiece by Meter Johan, with several sepulchres of Martyrs, archbishops and princes. The choir is closed by railings, with an artistic set of chairs in carved oak by Navarro. We should highlight the Plateresque Chapel of Zaporta and the Baroque Chapel of St Agustín as well as St. Valero´s among the chapels.

The Chapel of St. Bernardo has a great alabaster altarpiece. In the Chapter House there are great paintings of Ribera, Zurbarán and Goya. There is an excellent museum in the Sacristy, with masterpieces and especially with a Gothic and Renaissance Flemish tapestry collection.