Salamanca Cathedral

This past weekend we went to the city of Salamanca for our last group excursion. I thoroughly enjoyed this excursion and actually this city was probably my favorite we’ve been to. One of my favorite parts of the excursion was the church. I loved learning about it’s history and how there came to be 2 cathedrals. Actually, at first glance, it looks like one large cathedral, but we learned from out guide that the taller part of the cathedral is really the “new” cathedral and the shorter part is the “old”. When you go inside the cathedral you can tell there are some differences in the art and the actual structure of the church. Apparently, there was an earthquake in Lisbon that affected the older cathedral. The people of the city decided that instead of tear down the older one, they would build onto it and make an even large, more elaborate cathedral for the city of Salamanca. I really enjoyed the cathedral itself, but my favorite part of the whole church was not the inside, but rather this one little part of the decoration on the outside. While building the outside of the church the architect realized that there was a blank spot, so because of his sense of humor, he added this small little astronaut to the decorations. I thought this was very funny and a nice story I’ll always remember about the Cathedral of Salamanca.