chapel of La Inmaculada Concepci\u00f3n <\/strong>(number 2). It has a simple Plateresque entrance covered with star-shaped vaults on its three sections. The image of the saint, which is in the centre, is from the 12th century. The small side nave, which is covered with a half-barrel vault with lunettes, and the choir are from the 13th century.<\/p>\nLeaving the chapel we find a\u00a0closed Cloister<\/strong> (number 3), of an almost irritating simplicity, that more than elegance reflects poverty. It is decorated with two 12th-century altarpieces: that of the\u00a0Holy Family<\/strong> and another dedicated to the\u00a0Virgin\u00a0<\/strong>and the\u00a0Child<\/strong>. In the cloister we can also see the Stations of the Cross<\/strong>\u00a0on canvas, which has a certain artistic interest and curiously, ten and six stations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1647340635783{margin-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]We will now proceed to the main and single nave, to begin a tour of the chapels. We will start from our right and the first one we find is the\u00a0chapel of Santa Catalina<\/strong> (number 4). This chapel was very important because Capitulary acts took place there. Today it has lost the status of chapel.<\/p>\nIn front of it we can see the\u00a0chapel of the Transfijo<\/strong> (transfiguration) (number 5). Here, the Fraternity of the Transfiguration was founded in 1558, which only admitted priests who had benefices or chaplaincies in the Cathedral and who also resided in Albarrac\u00edn. The Bishop to the chaplains were members of the fraternity.<\/p>\nOn the right is the\u00a0chapel of the<\/strong>\u00a0\u00c1nimas <\/strong>(Souls) (number 6). From ancient times it was called the chapel of the Novella and in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII issued a Bull dedicating the central altar to Souls. The layout of the chapel and altars changed in the 16th century and what today is the chapel and sacristy is divided into three chapels, with the Souls chapel located at the door that had opened into the cloister. With the last restoration by the Fundaci\u00f3n Santa Maria de Albarrac\u00edn, this chapel has recovered its original decoration and all its splendour, as well as the adjoining sacristy<\/strong>, which was one of the benefices of the Cathedral (number 7).[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7111″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” lightbox=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Leaving here, we find ourselves opposite the current\u00a0Baptistery<\/strong> (number 8). Formerly, the\u00a0chapel of Santo Cristo<\/strong> was in its place. Today, and after its restoration, the original decoration has been recovered to its full splendour. Additionally, and of great importance, we find the Baroque organ\u00a0above it.<\/p>\nNext to the organ is the Choir<\/strong> (number 9). It began to be reformed in 1538 and in 1669 the beech wood seating and panels were already installed. The Atlantean heads on the seating of the beneficed clerics are extremely interesting.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7112″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” lightbox=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Continuing our tour of the Cathedral, we will now visit the\u00a0chapel of the Virgen del Pilar<\/strong> (number 10), easily recognisable by the unsightly glass that was recently placed in it. Without doubt the most interesting feature is its high altar, which for Santiago Sebastian is\u00a0“\u2026inspired by the altarpiece of La Inmaculada, the one in Teruel Cathedral, and by the main altar of San Miguel, in the same city.”<\/em> The image of the saint is in the centre, in a deep niche, and dates back to the 17th century. At present and after the last phase of restoration of the Cathedral, carried out by the Fundaci\u00f3n Santa Maria de Albarrac\u00edn, we can observe the original Gothic decoration, which makes this chapel the best example of what the second Cathedral would have looked like.<\/p>\nReturning back to the central nave and continuing our journey through the side of the Epistle \u2013 that is to say, to our right \u2013 we will find the chapel of Santa Ana<\/strong> (number 11 and the first one to the right of the main altar). The importance of this chapel lies in the fact that during the 15th-16th centuries Capitulary acts were held here and since the 17th century to present day, the Holy Week Monument has been placed there. This silver monument can be seen today in the Diocesan Museum[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7123″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” lightbox=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7115″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” lightbox=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Continuing the visit, and in front of us, is the\u00a0chapel of San Antonio Abad y San Sebasti\u00e1n <\/strong>(number 12), which is the first one on the Epistle side after the main chapel. In this case, Santiago Sebastian documented that the the altarpiece that we can see today was made in the 17th century; furthermore, he qualifies it as Baroque of little value and roughly carved.<\/p>\nNext, and on the Epistle side, is the\u00a0chapel of Santa Mar\u00eda Magdalena <\/strong>(number 13). At the end of the last century, Juan Comes y Vidal, Apostolic Administrator of Albarrac\u00edn, ordered the transfer of the San Pedro altarpiece from the church of Santa Mar\u00eda to this chapel of La Magdalena and the altarpiece from here to Santa Mar\u00eda. The San Pedro altarpiece belonged to the fraternity of the same name, which was the oldest and richest in the church of Santa Mar\u00eda. We recommend visiting the San Pedro altar because it is the best of all the Albarrac\u00edn churches in its style, although it is not polychromed.<\/p>\nWe will now visit the main chapel and the sacristy<\/strong> (number 14). The new cathedral sacristy with pentagonal apse and main chapel was completed in 1533, paid for by the City, which also covered the cost of the painting, skylights and mouldings. The sons of Pierres Vedel claimed that among their father’s other heroic works was the Albarrac\u00edn Cathedral. Once the roof was completed, he proceeded to search for a master \u2013 Cosme Damian Bas \u2013 to make the altarpiece. The poverty of the Diocese of Albarrac\u00edn and its deterioration after separating from Segorbe, meant that the altarpiece could not be finished until the time of Bishop Friar Pedro Tris, who commissioned master Rillo to gild it in 1680, at his own expense. In 1681 the work had already been completed and the Chapter, grateful to the gilder and Bishop Tris, ordered that their crests be placed on both sides of the altar.<\/p>\nLeaving towards Plaza de la Seo (by the door opposite the one you entered through), you can see the chapel of San Juan Bautista<\/strong> (number 15) and the altar of San Vicente, next to the holy water font. The chapel consists of an 18th century altarpiece that represents San Juan in the central panel of the middle body and on his two sides Santiago and San Pedro. Opposite is the altar of San Vicente, which was placed here when his own chapel disappeared with the enlargement of the \u00c1nimas chapel in the 17th century.<\/p>\nFinally, and to conclude our visit to the Cathedral, you will pass two wooden doors that came from the gate, which are of very good quality (18th century), to find yourselves in front of the exit to Plaza de la Seo<\/strong> square (number 16), and to the right of the entrance to the new Chapter hall<\/strong> built in 1711-1712 (number 17).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner] <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/section>
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