Palencia Cathedral

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Antoninus (Spanish: Catedral-Basílica de San Antolín) is a Roman Catholic church located in Palencia, Spain. It is dedicated to Saint Antoninus of Pamiers.[2]

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Antoninus
Catedral-Basílica de San Antolín
South Façade
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Year consecrated	1897[lower-alpha 1]
Location
Location	Palencia, Spain
Architecture
Type	church
Style	Gothic
Groundbreaking	1321
Completed	1516
Specifications
Direction of façade	south
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Website
catedraldepalencia.org

The cathedral was built from 1172 to 1504 stands over a low-vaulted Visigothic crypt (the Crypt of San Antolín). In front of the Proto-Romanesque temple is the old Visigothic chapel from the mid-7th century, built during the reign of Wamba to preserve the remains of the martyr Saint Antoninus of Pamiers, a Visigothic-Gallic nobleman brought from Narbonne to Visigothic Hispania in 672 or 673 by Wamba himself. These are the only remains of the Visigothic cathedral of Palencia.[3]

It is a large Gothic building, popularly dubbed as "the unknown beauty" because it is not as well known as other Spanish cathedrals, though it is a valuable building which has in its interior works of art of great value, including El Greco's painting The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (1576–1579) and a retablo of twelve panels by Juan de Flandes, court painter to Queen Isabella I of Castile.