Spanish Gothic architecture is the style of architecture prevalent in Spain in the Late Medieval period. The

Gothic style Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths ** Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken ...

started in Spain as a result of Central European influence in the twelfth century when late Romanesque alternated with few expressions of pure Gothic architecture. The High Gothic arrives with all its strength via the pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James, in the thirteenth century. Some of the most pure Gothic cathedrals in Spain, closest related to the German and

French Gothic French Gothic architecture is an architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century. The most notable examples are the great Gothic cathedrals of France, including Notre-Dame Cathedral, Reims Cathedra ...

, were built at this time. In some cases the Gothic style was built and decorated with Mudéjar elements by

Mudéjar Mudéjar ( , also , , ca, mudèjar , ; from ar, مدجن, mudajjan, subjugated; tamed; domesticated) refers to the group of Muslims who remained in Iberia in the late medieval period despite the Christian reconquest. It is also a term for ...

craftsmen and Christian craftsmen influenced by them, creating a highly distinctive Gothic style unique to Spain and Portugal. The most important post−thirteenth-century Gothic styles in Spain are the Levantine Gothic, characterized by its structural achievements and the unification of space, and the

Isabelline Gothic The Isabelline style, also called the Isabelline Gothic ( es, Gótico Isabelino), or Castilian late Gothic, was the dominant architectural style of the Crown of Castile during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella I of Castile and ...

, under the

Catholic Monarchs The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose marriage and joint rule marked the ''de facto'' unification of Spain. They were both from the House of Trastámara and were second cousins, being bot ...

, that predicated a slow transition to

Renaissance architecture Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of Ancient Greece, ancient Greek and ...

Sequence of Gothic styles in Spain

The designations of styles in Spanish Gothic architecture are as follows. Dates are approximate. * Early Gothic (12th century) * High Gothic (13th century) *

Gothic (from the 13th to the 15th centuries) * Levantino Gothic (14th century) * Valencian Gothic (14th and 15th century) * Catalan Gothic * Flamboyant/Late Gothic (15th century) *

(15th century) * Plateresque Gothic (15th century)

Examples

Early Gothic

Cathedral of Ávila A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations ...

* Cathedral of Cuenca * Cathedral of Sigüenza * Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of ...

High Gothic

* Cathedral of Burgos * Cathedral of Burgo de Osma * Cathedral of León *

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* Palace of the Kings of Navarre in Olite * San Pablo Church,

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Mudéjar Gothic

* Cathedral of San Salvador, in

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

* Castillo de Coca in

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* St. Martín's Tower in

Teruel Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 35,675 in 2014 making it the least populated provincial capital in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate, with ...

Valencian Gothic

* Valencia Cathedral * Lonja de la Seda, in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

Torres de Serranos The Serrans Gate or Serranos Gate ( ca-valencia, Porta dels Serrans, ; es, Puerta de Serranos, ), also known as Serrans Towers or Serranos Towers ( ca-valencia, Torres dels Serrans, ; es, Torres de Serranos, ) is one of the twelve gates that ...

* Palace of the Borgias *

Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (; es, San Jerónimo de Cotalba, "Saint Jerome of Cotalba") is a monastic building of Valencian Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles constructed between the 14th and 18t ...

, in Alfauir. * Monastery of Santa María de la Valldigna, in Simat de la Valldigna. * Basilica of Santa Maria, in

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

. * Orihuela Cathedral, in

Orihuela Orihuela (; ca-valencia, Oriola ) is a city and municipality located at the feet of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Spain. The city of Orihuela had a population of 33,943 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. The mu ...

. * Castelló Cathedral and El Fadrí, in

Castellón de la Plana Castellón de la Plana (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló de la Plana), or simply Castellón ( ca-valencia, Castelló, link=no) is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east ...

Segorbe Cathedral The Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady of Segorbe ( es, Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen) is a Roman Catholic Church architecture, church in Segorbe, province of Castellón, Spain. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Segorbe- ...

Segorbe Segorbe is a municipality in the mountainous coastal province of Castelló, autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. The former Palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli now houses the city's mayor. Segorbe's bull-running week (''semana de Toros'') in ...

Balearic Gothic

* La Seu (cathedral) of Palma de Mallorca

Catalan Gothic

* Santa Maria del Mar of

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Barcelona Royal Shipyard The Barcelona Royal Shipyard ( ca, Drassanes Reials de Barcelona, es, Atarazanas Reales de Barcelona) is a shipyard and former military building of Gothic architecture placed at the Port Vell area of the Port of Barcelona. Nowadays it houses th ...

* Royal Palace in Barcelona *

Cathedral of Girona Girona Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona (in Catalan language, Catalan: ''Catedral de Santa Maria de Girona'' or simply ''Catedral de Girona''), is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church architecture, church loca ...

Flamboyant/Late Gothic

Cathedral of Oviedo The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Saviour or Cathedral of San Salvador ( es, Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Salvador, la, Sancta Ovetensis) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in the centre of Oviedo, in the Astu ...

Cathedral of Sevilla The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See ( es, Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along ...

* Cathedral of Segovia * Chapel of the Condestable, Cathedral of Burgos * New Cathedral in Salamanca

Isabelline Gothic

Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes The Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes (English: Monastery of Saint John of the Monarchs) is an Isabelline style Franciscan monastery in Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, built by the Catholic Monarchs (1477–1504). A monument to celebr ...

in Toledo *

Royal Chapel of Granada The Royal Chapel of Granada ( es, Capilla Real de Granada) is an Isabelline style building, constructed between 1505 and 1517, and originally integrated in the complex of the neighbouring Granada Cathedral. It is the burial place of the Spanish ...

in Granada *

Colegio de San Gregorio The Colegio de San Gregorio is an Isabelline style building located in the city of Valladolid, in Castile and León, Spain, it was formerly a college and now is housing the Museo Nacional de Escultura museum. This building is one of the best examp ...

* Palace of Infantado in Guadalajara * Palace of Jabalquinto in Baeza, Jaén * San Pablo Church in Valladolid

Modern Spanish Gothic

* Ace Hotel Los Angeles

Gallery

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Ágreda Ágreda is a municipality located in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. Ágreda is the regional services center in the Northeast of the province of Soria. Its abundant heritage as well as the local f ...

, nave File:Iglesia de San Félix, Torralba de Ribota, Zaragoza, España, 2018-04-04, DD 24-26 HDR.jpg, in Torralba de Ribota, altar File:Iglesia de San Félix, Torralba de Ribota, Zaragoza, España, 2018-04-04, DD 51-53 HDR.jpg, in Torralba de Ribota, portal File:Iglesia de San Miguel, Jerez de la Frontera, España, 2015-12-07, DD 99-101 HDR.JPG,

Church of San Miguel (Jerez de la Frontera) The Church of Saint Michael (Spanish: ''Iglesia de San Miguel'') is a church in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. It was declared ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1931. History The ''Church of Saint Michael'' started its life in the end of the 15 ...

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, crossing vault File:Iglesia de San Pedro, Teruel, España, 2014-01-10, DD 10.JPG, Iglesia de San Pedro, Teruel, nave and apse File:Monasterio de la Oliva, Carcastillo, Navarra, España, 2015-01-06, DD 10-12 HDR.JPG, Santa María de la Oliva, nave File:Monasterio de la Oliva, Carcastillo, Navarra, España, 2015-01-06, DD 16-18 HDR.JPG, Santa María de la Oliva, apse File:Iglesia de San Pedro de los Francos, Calatayud, España, 2014-12-29, DD 056-060 HDR.JPG, Church of San Pedro de los Francos nave File:Bóveda del crucero de la Catedral de Sevilla.jpg, Crossing vault of

Seville Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See ( es, Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along ...

Juan Gil de Hontañón Juan Gil de Hontañón (Rasines, Cantabria 1480 – Salamanca, 11 May 1531) was a master builder and Trasmeran mason of Spain during the 16th century. His first work was associated with Segovia, where he was associated with the school of Juan Gua ...

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Monastery of Santa María de Huerta The Monastery of Santa María de Huerta (Spanish: ''Monasterio de Santa María de Huerta'') is a Cistercian monastery located in Santa María de Huerta, a town of the Spanish Province of Soria, within the autonomous community of Castile and León ...

cloister A cloister (from Latin ''claustrum'', "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church, commonly against a ...

File:Monasterio de Santa María de Huerta, Santa María de Huerta Soria, España, 2015-12-28, DD 34-36 HDR.JPG,

refectory A refectory (also frater, frater house, fratery) is a dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions. One of the places the term is most often used today is in graduate seminaries. The name derives from the Lat ...

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, refectory pulpit