The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar was built between 1681 and 1754 in a classical style. It is famous for containing a pillar which, according to tradition, was placed by the Virgin Mary in the year 40. The cathedral is a listed monument and one of the 12 “Treasures of Spain”.
The Church of San Juan de los Panetes is a Baroque church listed as a national monument. Its construction was completed in 1725, in replacement of the destroyed church of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
The Cathedral of the Savior in its Epiphany of Saragossa was built on the site of an ancient Roman forum and the mosque of Saraqusta, whose minaret still remains in the current tower. The construction of the building started in the 12th century, in the Romanesque style, and underwent many renovations and extensions until the 18th century. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.
The plan is of the Gothic-Mudejar type of a single-nave church with two polygonal apses at the head and at the foot, with chapels between the buttresses. The feet and headboard were originally flat. And with a square tower.
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