Levantine Gothic
The Levantino Gothic style 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.
The surrounding countryside during this period, in this area, was being fought over, in wars between the Spanish Christians and Spanish Muslims (Moors) and so very few examples of this style of architecture exist outside the larger Christian strongholds. In the capital cities of Medieval mediterranean Christian kingdoms, cathedrals of this style were erected in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Many buildings of this architectural style can be found around all the old Valencian Communities and right across the Balearic Islands.
See Also
References
- Valdearcos, Enrique: «El arte gótico» Clio n.º 33 (2007) ISSN: 1139-6237
