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Santander Sights

Cathedral

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    • Plaza del Obispo Eguino Old Quarter Area

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This building is composed of two 13th-century Gothic churches, one above the other. The upper church, off which is a 14th-century cloister, was extensively rebuilt after the 1941 fire. In the lower Iglesia del Santísimo Cristo glass panels reveal excavated bits of Roman Santander under the floor. Displayed nearby are silver vessels containing the skulls of the early Christian martyrs San Emeterio and San Celedonio, Santander's patron saints.

The care of these holy relics, found on this site, prompted the construction of the monastery that previously stood here.

 

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