What is Getafe Cathedral?
{{Infobox Historic Site | name = Getafe Cathedral | native_name = Catedral de La Magdalena | native_language = Spanish | image = Retablo-getafe.JPG | locmapin = Spain | coordinates = {{coord|40.303992|-3.729199|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | location = [[Getafe]], [[Spain]] | built = 16th century-1770 | architect = [[Alonso de Covarrubias]], <BR>[[Juan Gómez de Mora]] | architecture = Renaissance, Baroque | designation1 = Spain | designation1_offname = Catedral de La Magdalena | designation1_type = Non-movable | designation1_criteria = Monument | designation1_date = 1958 | designation1_number = RI-51-0001260 }} '''Getafe Cathedral''' (also known as '''Cathedral of La Magdalena''') is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[cathedral]] in [[Getafe]], [[Spain]]. It was designed by [[Alonso de Covarrubias]].<ref name=Biblio155>''Bibliografía del arte en España: artículos de revistas ordenados por autores'', ed. Instituto Diego Velázquez (Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Diego Velázquez, 1978), p. 155</ref> The [[construction]] was begun in 1549.<ref name=Biblio155/> It was finished in 1770. The [[bell tower]] is in [[Mudéjar|Mudéjar architectural style]]. The cathedral is known for its collection of fine [[painting]]s.<ref>Charles Frederick Partington, ''The British cyclopaedia of literature, history, geography, law, and politics'' (London: Orr and Smith, 1836), p. 154</ref> It was declared as ''Spanish Property of Cultural Interest'' in 1958. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons category-inline}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130120144957/http://www.diocesisgetafe.es/index.php/catedral/ Official website of the Cathedral] * [http://maps.google.es/maps?hl=es&ie=UTF8&ll=40.304008,-3.729018&spn=0.000508,0.001202&t=k&z=20 Images in Google maps] [[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in Spain]] [[Category:Getafe]] [[Category:1770 establishments]] [[Category:18th-century buildings and structures]] {{europe-stub}}