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

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posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
A single-cell, five-bay nave and polygonal, star-vaulted apse.\u000a\u000aAround 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 Sim\u00F3n and consecrated in 1496. It contains the alabaster tombs of King John II of Castile (reigned 1406-1454), his wife Isabella of Portugal and their son Alfonso (died 1468). Both the tombs (begun 1489) and the magnificent high altar retable were the work of Gil de Silo\u00E9, the father of Diego de Silo\u00E9.

History

Alt Title

Cartuja de Miraflores

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-05

Spatial Coverage

Burgos, Burgos, Spain: 3 km east of Burgos|+42.340743-3.690167|Burgos

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Late Gothic

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