Levantine Gothic

Porta dels Apòstols of the Cathedral of Valencia, a great example of Levantino Gothic.

Convent of Sant Doménec, in the city of Valencia.

It is called the Levantino Gothic to the developed in the Mediterranean area of ​​Spain, the architecture characterized by its halls and churches of great horizontal extent with emphasis on the structural part supported by buttresses and minimal and austere decorations.

The main differences with Castilian Gothic are:

• Single nave instead of three, in case that there are, has the same height and the wider central.
• Chapels between the buttresses.
• Thinner supports.
• Low figurative decoration, dominated by the geometric type.
• Minor surface of openings, resulting in a low light penetration.

Almost all the important buildings are in capitals of former Medieval mediterranean kingdoms, where cathedrals were erected in the 13th and 14th centuries, as in the countryside abounded the Moors, predominantly the Christian in this cities.

Many buildings of this architectural style are located around all Valencian Community, surroundings, and Balearic Islands.

References

• Valdearcos, Enrique: «El arte gótico» Clio n.º 33 (2007) ISSN: 1139-6237