Sunday, May 21, 2023

The Cathedral of Valencia

The last major sight we would end up seeing was, fittingly, a cathedral.  Consecrated in 1238, the Valencia Cathedral was, as many were, built on a former Visigoth church that was turned into a mosque.

At the end of the trip, we were kind of done with cathedrals, so Valencia's was a good one to end with.  It was fine, but not spectacular.  It also houses a chalice believed by some to be the one Jesus used at the Last Supper, which makes this about the 20th out of 12 we visited to make that claim (seemingly hyperbole on my part, but maybe not).

There are also numerous paintings from the 15th century, but surprisingly none by El Greco or by Goya.




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