Apostles’ Gate. La Seu de Lleida (Catalonia)3D Model
The Seu Vella is the old cathedral of Lleida Defined as one of the best artistic productions of 13th century Catalan architecture and, by extension, of European medieval architecture, the Seu Vella is a singular cathedral that leaves no one indifferent. Its architecture shares the limelight with high quality carvings that are preserved in capitals, cornices, corbels, portals, etc.
The name of this portal is derived from the twelve highly fragmented images of the apostles that presided over the gate. A Virgin is located in the mullion of the gate and a group of prophets and angels located on small pedestals in the archivolts completed the sculptural decoration of this noble gate, also known as the Gate of Final Judgement, as this is the subject of representation chosen for its tympanum. It became the main entrance to the cathedral complex, as the Romanesque facade of the temple had been sacrificed to the construction of the cloister. +i
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