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Collegiate Of Saint Isidoro
Ugne Steiblyte
Collegiate Of Saint Isidoro
Collegiate Of Saint Isidoro
Ugne Steiblyte
Collegiate Of Sain
Isidoro
Address: Plaza de San
Isidoro
City: Leon
Region: Castilla y Leon
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
Coordinates:42°36′36″N
5°34′15.6″W
Collegiate Of Saint Isidoro
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At the northeast side of the
roman encampment Legio VII
Gemina by the camp wall,
King Sancho the Fat (dead in
966), built a monastery for
sheltering the rests of the
martyr boy from Cordoba, St.
Pelayo. Later it was razed by
the Arabic chief troops. King
Alfonso the Vth (999-1027)
rebuilt the monastery using
very poor materials, like clay
and bricks. Doña Sancha and
King Fernando rebuilt
monastery out of stone and so
began the romanic style in
their kingdom. They choose
the portic of the church as a
cemetery and ordered to be
buried there. They wanted to
dignify their church with
relevant saints relics; they
achieved the moving of St.
Isidoro's corpse from Sevilla
and St. Vicente's from Avila
Collegiate Of Saint Isidoro
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Collegiate Of Saint Isidoro
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•The structure of the church
draws a three aisles latin cross
plant. The head of the church
is shaped by three half circled
apses. The elder chapel was
begun in 1513. It is covered by
a cross-shaped arched roof at
the inside; outside, it looks
like a tower or a house block.
•Panteon de los Reyes is the
burial place of several kings
and queens of Leon (almost 33
members of the ancient Court
of Leon). It is a building with a
square plant and three aisles.
The crypt has 38 capitals.
• The cloister was built along
different architectural styles.
The romanic archery is an
opened corridor with five
arches and constitutes one of
both porticoes that were
added to the original one in
the church
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Museum consists of two
halls.
Archives. A monument door
opens on a right-angled
room, divided in three
spans.The central vault is
oval-shaped, and in the
middle hangs a big lantern
decorated with biblical
personages, skulls, flowers
and pendants. Enlighted
with several windows that
are located quite high in
the walls. Only natural
light.
Museum hall. Entering in
the middle, round
circulation about objects.
The room is in half-light,
only objects are enlighted
with spot light. There is no
natural light.
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Since 1593 "by privilege and
pardon, the Blessed sacrament
is always present".
In 16th century, whoever was
the author of "La Pícara
Justina", he put in her words
this description of the
Collegiate church of St.
Isidoro, which was called of St.
Isidro then: "If I were very
devotee, I would have to
devote myself to see St. Isidro
of Leon, because that one
house, in precious relics, is
Jerusalem; in indulgences,
Rome; in greatness of
buildings, a Pantheon; in
religion, the anchoret; in
choir, a sky; in the divine cult,
wealth, brocades, silver and
gold, a temple of Salomon".
The temple is open day and
night.