We were so close to the cathedral, it was weird to not go inside for a tour until almost a week had gone by. The picture below is from our apartment patio balcony.
Part of the stonework looks almost brand new while the facade looks quite old. I did lots of searching to see if any of the building had been damaged and restored or something, but all I could find was it had undergone major renovations in recent years. Presumably some of the stonework was cleaned and some was not, but I didn't find any direct explanation. I did stumble on an academic paper that was quite detailed about some of the repairs and measures of the degradation that needed work. In a nutshell, it was about sealing out water leakage.
We did walk over one evening to the cathedral square and the blue twilight sky was so cool with the brightly light building.
Moon above the clock tower
Night view from our apartment.
Rosette window
I liked the snake in the railing
Rosette window from the inside
Choir and high alter
The audio guide talked about how some of the side alters were simply overlaid in front of older ones. You can see an older stone wall here and the newer alter art built out from the old wall.
This entire alter was silver. You'd never realize it just glancing at it. I was thinking pewter maybe. Can you imagine what it would look like if polished up?
Upper windows from inside the sanctuary
The same window from the outside.
There was a courtyard and second level patio with some great views of the exterior of the cathedral.
There is a sundial at the top of the vertical column here. It was so cloudy, I couldn't tell if it was accurately placed or not.
This conference table dated to the early 1700's!
We got to climb the tower! You can see Clerigos church tower in the distance.
The nave and transept of the Cathedral
Our apartment patio is between the grassy part of the hill and the closest dark orange building. You can see 4 white panels of glass separating our patio from the neighbors.
Amazing view of the city.
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