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Spanish Gothic architecture is the style of architecture prevalent in Spain in the Late Medieval period.

The Gothic style started in Spain as a result of Central European influence in the twelfth century when late Romanesque alternated with few expressions of pure Gothic architecture. The High Gothic arrives with all its strength via the pilgrimage route, the Way of Saint James, in the thirteenth century. Some of the most pure Gothic cathedrals in Spain, closest related to the German and French Gothic, were built at this time.

The Gothic style was sometimes adopted by the Mudéjar architects, who created a hybrid style, employing European techniques and Spanish-Arab decorations. The most important post−thirteenth-century Gothic styles in Spain are the Levantino, characterized by its structural achievements and the unification of space, and the Isabelline Gothic, under the Catholic Monarchs, that predicated a slow transition to Renaissance style architecture.

Sequence of Gothic styles in Spain

The designations of styles in Spanish Gothic architecture are as follows. Dates are approximate.

Early Gothic (twelfth century)
High Gothic (thirteenth century)
Mudéjar Gothic (from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries)
Levantino Gothic (fourteenth century)
Flamboyant/Late Gothic (fifteenth century)
Isabelline Gothic (fifteenth century)

Examples

Early Gothic

High Gothic

Mudéjar Gothic

Levantino Gothic

La Seu (cathedral) of Palma de Mallorca
Lonja de la Seda in Valencia

Catalan Gothic

Flamboyant/Late Gothic

Cathedral of Oviedo
Cathedral of Sevilla
Cathedral of Segovia
Chapel of the Condestable, Cathedral of Burgos
New Cathedral in Salamanca

Isabelline Gothic

Saint John of The Kings in Toledo
Royal Chapel of Granada
Colegio de San Gregorio in Valladolid
Palace of Infantado in Guadalajara
Palace of Jabalquinto in Baeza, Jaén
San Pablo Church in Valladolid

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+'''Spanish Gothic architecture''' is the style of architecture prevalent in Spain in the Late Medieval period.
-The Gothic style started in Spain as a result of Central European influence in the twelfth century when late Romanesque alternated with few expressions of pure Gothic architecture. The High Gothic arrives with all its strength via the pilgrimage route, the [[Way of Saint James]],  in the thirteenth century. Some of the most pure Gothic cathedrals in Spain, closest related to the German and French Gothic, were built at this time.
+The Gothic style started in Spain as a result of Central European influence in the twelfth century when late Romanesque alternated with few expressions of pure Gothic architecture. The High Gothic arrives with all its strength via the pilgrimage route, the [[Way of Saint James]], in the thirteenth century. Some of the most pure Gothic cathedrals in Spain, closest related to the German and French Gothic, were built at this time.
 The Gothic style was sometimes adopted by the [[Mudéjar]] architects, who created a hybrid style, employing European techniques and Spanish-Arab decorations. The most important post−thirteenth-century Gothic styles in Spain are the Levantino, characterized by its structural achievements and the unification of space, and the Isabelline Gothic, under the [[Catholic Monarchs]], that predicated a slow transition to Renaissance style architecture.
 ==Sequence of Gothic styles in Spain==

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