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  Church of the Carthusian Monastery of Miraflores: Overall view of the nave
  

  Creator(s):

  G. Massiot & cie

  Description:

  A single-cell, five-bay nave and polygonal, star-vaulted apse.

  Around 1440 Bishop Alonso de Cartagena (reigned 1415-1456) brought Juan de Colonia to Burgos. He worked at the cathedral and in 1454 began the church of the Carthusian monastery of Miraflores, which lies 3 km east of Burgos. The church, with a single-cell, five-bay nave and polygonal, star-vaulted apse, was completed by his son Simón and consecrated in 1496. It contains the alabaster tombs of King John II of Castile (reigned 1406…

  Date Created:

  1910-01-01

  Record Visibility:

  Public