Zaragoza city: Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar Zaragoza. Aragon.
Our Lady of Pilar
La Virgen del Pilar was proclaimed patroness of the Hispanic, during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, is a world center of pilgrimage and venerated in his own basilica as an essential reference for the city.
According to tradition, on January 2 of year 40 AD, the Holy Virgin appeared in the flesh the apostle James and a group of converts who were praying on the banks of the Ebro and expressed their desire to give him worship in that place forever. Santiago and his companions built a chapel, which through history has grown to become the magnificent Basilica where he remains its image.
It is in this temple of baroque style with neoclassical decoration, where is preserved and venerated column (Pillar) on which the Blessed Virgin appeared.
At first a modest chapel was built to keep and venerate the column, then lifted a Romanesque church, then another Mudejar suffered destruction by fire and was replaced by a Gothic.
Timpano Romanesque Pilar Zaragoza
Finally, the present church which replaced the Gothic was designed by architects Felipe Perez and especially by Francisco Herrera Hidestrosa, at the initiative of Don John of Austria who ordered the start of construction in 1681 was completed in 1711.
However, not possessing the Virgin dressing room worthy of the greatness that the cult was gathering, King D. Fernando VI, in 1754 ordered the construction of the Sainte Chapelle, entrusting the work to the architect Ventura Rodriguez, extending the temple to reach the current size:
130 m. long by 67 wide, surmounted by eleven domes, ten flashlights and four towers.
The Sainte Chapelle is built with jasper, marble, bronze and silver, and belongs to the composite order.
The wooden statue is 39 cm. high and rests on a column of jasper, protected by a case of this bronze and one silver and covered by a mantle reaching to the feet of the image.
The shrine is magnificent work together exomos bright gold, silver and precious stones offers one of the most valuable thrones Marian devotion dedicated to the Blessed Virgin.
In the rear facade of the chapel opens the shrine where the faithful can worship the Holy Column.
In the cornices, columns and walls fronteros, placed flags and trophies of Charles III, and since 1908, flags representing Spanish-American countries, once blessed by His Holiness. Pius X.
Altar and Choir
The old church are preserved Gothic altar, the choir and great organ case.The high altar is a magnificent altarpiece as billing Gothic alabaster Gelsa recently renovated and built by sculptor Damian Forment (1509-1518), representing episodes of the Virgin and Our Lord as central issue of the main body The Assumption.
The choir consists of three orders of steps, with 130 stalls. It's splendid work of the Renaissance, being happy combination of Spanish and Florentine styles. Authors were Stephen Obray, Milan, Juan de Moreto, Florence and Zaragoza Nicolas Lobato. It covers the entrance to this magnificent choir and a monumental gate, designed by Juan Tomás Celma (1574-1579).
Goya in the Pilar
In 1771, Goya. is commissioned to paint some sketches for Bandstand dome of the Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar in Zaragoza and in 1772 Goya made the cool Adoration of the Name of God to the Bandstand.Panoramas from La Seo and El Pilar
Monumentos
Una breve relación de otros importantes monumentos que pueblan la ciudad seria la siguiente:
- Murallas Romanas.
- Palacio de la Aljaferia.
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar.
- Templo de la Seo.
- La torres Mudéjares.
- Otras Iglesias.
- Arco del Dean.
- Renacimiento.
- Edificios Modernistas.
- Otros Edificios.
- Museos.
Other information of the Municipality
- Zaragoza capital Basic information
- population during the twentieth and twenty-first
- Zaragoza factory
- Municipal Districts
- Panorama
- Alfocea
- Cartuja Aula Dei
- Cartuja Baja o de la Concepción
- Casetas
- Garrapinillos
- Juslibol
- Malpica
- Montañana
- Monzalbarba
- Movera
- San Juan de Mozarrifar
- Torrecilla de Valmadrid
- Venta del Olivar
- Villarrapa
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