The Levantine Gothic is the Gothic style developed in Levante, the Mediterranean area of Spain, characterized by its halls and churches of great horizontal extent with emphasis on the structural part supported by

buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient (typically Gothic) buildings, as a means of providing support to act ...

es and minimal and austere decorations. The main differences with Castilian Gothic are: * single nave instead of three, in case that there are, has the same height and the wider central * chapels between the buttresses * thinner supports * low figurative decoration, dominated by the geometric type * minor surface of openings, resulting in a low light penetration. Very few examples of this style of architecture exist outside the larger Christian strongholds. The surrounding countryside was still being fought over by the Spanish Christians and Spanish Muslims (Muwallads). In the capital cities of Medieval mediterranean Christian kingdoms, cathedrals of this style were erected in the 13th and 14th centuries. Many buildings of this

architectural style An architectural style is a classification of buildings (and nonbuilding structures) based on a set of characteristics and features, including overall appearance, arrangement of the components, method of construction, building materials used, for ...

can be found around the region of Valencia with its own style

Valencian Gothic Valencian Gothic (; ) is an architectural style. It occurred under the Kingdom of Valencia between the 13th and 15th centuries, which places it at the end of the European Gothic period and at the beginning of the Renaissance. The term "Vale ...

and across the

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References

* Valdearcos, Enrique
«El arte gótico»
''Clio'' n.º 33 (2007) {{Gothic architecture by country Gothic architecture in Spain Gothic art

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