La cripta funeraria de los marqueses de Astorga

  1. Morais Vallejo, Emilio
Journal:
Estudios humanísticos. Geografía, historia y arte

ISSN: 0213-1390

Year of publication: 1998

Issue: 20

Pages: 203-218

Type: Article

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Abstract

In 1610 the marquis of Astorga, Pedro Alvarez Osorio, entrusted to the architect Pedro Alvarez de la Torre with the building of a funeral crypt under the presbitery of the cathedral of Astorga. This chapel was built following the principies of styles embodied in the 17th century classicism architecture.