The Cathedrals of Northern Spain / Their History and Their Architecture; Together with Much of Interest Concerning the Bishops, Rulers and Other Personages Identified with Them

by Charles Rudy

MONDOÑEDO

• See dedicated to the Virgin.
• Bishopric removed here from Ribadeo, late XIIth century.
• First (or second) bishop, Don Martin, about 1219.
• Foundation of cathedral dates probably from XIIth century.
• XIIIth century Galician Romanesque structure.
• Greatly spoilt by posterior additions.
• Ambulatory dates from XVth or XVIth century.
• Rectangular in form; 120 feet long by 71 wide.
• Height of nave, 45 feet; of aisles, 28 feet.