Casa do Cabido: A Building for the Porto Cathedral Chapter

Painted Baroque wooden ceiling with Saint Michael surrounded by allegorical figures in the Chapter House of Porto Cathedral, Porto, Portugal

The Casa do Cabido was built for the Cathedral Chapter of Porto Cathedral and contains some of the cathedral’s most interesting rooms. Its upper floor includes the former Archive Room and magnificent Chapter House, richly decorated with Baroque azulejos, sculptures of saints, and an extraordinary painted wooden ceiling. On the middle floor, the Treasure Room preserves vestments, liturgical books, reliquaries, monstrances, crosses, and other ceremonial objects used at the cathedral over the centuries.

Sala Capitular: The Chapter House of the Seville Cathedral

South section of the dome of the Chapter House attached to the Seville Cathedral, Andalusia, Spain

A Magnificent Building Unique in Design and Rich in Decoration No visit to the Seville Cathedral is complete without seeing to the incredibly beautiful Sala Capitular (Chapter House), an ellipse-shaped hall attached to the southeast corner of the building. It is a highly ornate hall crowned by a magnificent dome that is elliptical in shape … Read more

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