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Chapel of the Holy Chalice
Chapel
The chapel has square floor and plain walls of carved stone. It measures 13 metres wide by 16 metres high, and it displays a high rib vault with stellar shape, whose ribs are lengthened until they rest in the polychrome corbels.
In the bosses of the vault we find the twelve Apostles and in the central boss we see the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven after the Assumption, which is the main mystery of this Cathedral.
Reredos of alabaster
Ancient entrance of the choir (15th century), decorated with the statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also Saint Louis and Saint Helena.
In this frame, the twelve reliefs stand out, made by the Florentin Giuliano Poggibonsi (disciple of Ghiberti, Gates of Paradise, Florence).They are considered as one of the first works of the Renaissance in Spain. The scenes below belong to the Old Testament and they are prophecy of the upper ones, from the New Testament.
From left to right
Moses lifted up the snake of bronze in the desert and Jesus Christ is raised up on the cross, Samson removes the gates of Gaza and Jesus Christ the gates of the hell, Jonah is returned alive to the shore and Jesus Christ is resurrected of the Holy Sepulchre.
In the right side
Elijah is lifted up by a chariot of fire and Jesus Christ ascends to Heaven, also Moses receives the Tables of the Law in the Sinai and Mary and the Apostles receive the Holy Spirit in Pentecost; finally, Solomon sits to his mother in a throne and Jesus receives and crowns her Mother in the Heaven.
Carved façade
Carved façade with the scene of the Annunciation, alabaster, by the Master Casel (1497).
The Adoration of the Magi
Fresco painting (1469-1472) by Nicolás Florentino, in the chapterhouse, restored and transferred to canvas.
Chains
Chains which closed the Old Port of Marseille and were brought by Alphonso the Magnanimous.
The Expulsion of the Moriscos Canvas by Vicente López
(19th century)
Saint Christopher Fabric
(15th century)
On the ground
Sepulchre of the Archbishop Menendez Conde (1914 -1916)
On the ground
Sepulchre of the Bishop Vidal de Blanes (1365 – 1369)
builder of the Chapter Hall, now Chapel of the Holy Chalice, between 1365 and 1369, in order to be used as Chapter Hall and tomb for bishops and canons. Courts of the Kingdom were held there and theology classes were given. In 1916 it was consecrated to the cult of the Holy Chalice of the Lord’s Supper.
Organ
Pipe organ
(18th century)
