Valladolid Cathedral
Type: Cathedral
Location: municipality Valladolid »
"Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Valladolid" is a Roman Catholic cathedral in city of Valladolid. It was designed by Juan de Herrera - the most famous architect of Spain during the 16th century.
Valliadolid cathedral is known for its purist and sober decoration, its style being the typical Spanish "clasicismo", also called "Herrerian". Using classical and renaissance decorative motives, Herrerian buildings are characterized by their extremely sober decorations, its formal austerity, and its like for monumentality.