Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

XII-XVIII centuries The Cathedral of Burgo de Osma is one of those buildings that impart a complete lesson of art history by the numerous extensions, adaptations and furnishings or liturgical endowments that has been experiencing since its construction. But the Cathedral not only dazzles for its architecture and sculpture, for its altarpieces and stained glass windows, for its canvases and frescoes, for its books and documents, for its gold and silver work and fabrics; it has also conditioned the history of the episcopal town. Of the Romanesque cathedral that began to be erected after the diocesan restoration by St. Peter of Osma (1101), few remains remain, since it was demolished to build the present Gothic church. The promoter of the Gothic temple was Bishop Juan Díaz. The works began in 1232. Most of the lateral chapels of the temple were built during the late Gothic period, as was the flamboyant Gothic cloister of the 16th century. The façade and staircase of the chapel of San Pedro, the Chapel of Santiago and some of the cloister façade are from the Renaissance period. Baroque are the monumental tower and some chapel domes. The most important expansion carried out in the Cathedral took place in the 18th century, during the neoclassical period: main sacristy, chapel of Palafox, ambulatory and other rooms built with the main objective of providing the temple with worthy spaces on the occasion of the planned beatification of Juan de Palafox.