What is León Cathedral?
{{Infobox church | name = León Cathedral | image = Fachada de la Catedral de León.jpg | imagesize = 250 | country = [[Spain]] | coordinates = {{coord|42|35|58|N|5|34|0|W |region:ES_type:landmark |display=inline,title}} | denomination = [[Roman Catholic]] | website = [http://www.catedraldeleon.org/ www.catedraldeleon.org/] }} '''Santa María de León [[Cathedral]]''', also called ''The House of Light'' or the ''Pulchra Leonina'' is in the city of [[León, Spain|León]] in north-western [[Spain]]. It is the third [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[cathedral]] to be built on the site of what was originally a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Thermae|bath]].<ref name=Lapunzina26>Alejandro Lapunzina, ''Architecture of Spain'' (Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press 2005), pp. 26–27</ref> The first cathedral was built by [[King]] [[Ordoño II of León]]. It was probably built in the [[Mozarabic art and architecture|Mozarabic]] style but was damaged in the 990s.<ref name=Lapunzina26/> The second cathedral was [[Consecration|consecrated]] in 1073.<ref name=Lapunzina26/> It was built in the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style of [[architecture]]. The present [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style cathedral was started in 1255.<ref name=Lapunzina26/> It was completed about 50 years later.<ref name=Steves223>Rick Steves, ''Spain 2009'' (Berkeley, CA: Avalon Travel, 2008), p. 223</ref> The cathedral has some of the finest examples of [[stained glass]] windows in all of [[Europe]].<ref name=Steves223/> == References == {{commons category|Cathedral of León}} {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://hitchhikershandbook.com/2013/06/04/infocus-leon-cathedral-leon-spain/ InFocus: León Cathedral (León, Spain)] at [http://www.hitchhikershandbook.com HitchHikers Handbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517081504/http://hitchhikershandbook.com/ |date=2014-05-17 }} *[http://www.catedraldeleon.org/ Official Site of León Cathedral] *[http