Tudela Cathedral

Tudela, Spain

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The Cathedral of Santa María la Mayor in Tudela, Navarre, is a late Romanesque church of substantial proportions, begun at the end of the 12th century under Kings Sancho VI the Wise and Sancho VII the Strong, with construction continuing under Theobald I. Inspired by Cistercian architecture, it was built partially on the foundations of the earlier Great Mosque of Tudela (9th–11th centuries), though the mosque was largely demolished because the two buildings' orientations did not align. Originally serving as the collegiate church of Santa María, it was elevated to cathedral status in the 18th century by Pope Pius VI when Tudela separated from the diocese of Tarazona—a change granted at the behest of Charles III. The cathedral was designated a national monument in 1884 and now stands in Tudela's old town between Plaza Vieja and the surrounding streets, holding the status of bien de interés cultural in Navarre.