Day 24 - Astorga

Two visits for me in Astorga once I’d cleaned up, I wanted to see the cathedral and also the Gaudi bishop’s palace, the Episcopal Palace of Astorga.
The bishops palace was commissioned early in the 20th century as Astorga is an important Catholic bishop seat. It was amazing, Gaudi really know how to use light to bring a building alive.
The dungeon area was used to house uncovered ruins from Roman and medieval times. The ground floor is a Camino pilgrim museum with relevant statues, ornamentation, and history. The first floor was the bishops palace, which was truly impressive. The second floor seemed to be spare space. My favourite was the bishops palace. Not huge in size but hugely impressive is its simple and elegant design.
Next was the Catedral de Santa María de Astorga. I don’t spend much time in the museum section, but the cathedral itself was very nice. Clearly Astorga was an important religious centre if gold ornamentation is a judge of importance.
A moment of the day was entering the bishops chapel and marvelling at the simple elegance of the design and colours accentuated by the light, it was quite fantastic.Read more