The cathedral of Avila, from the transition from Romanesque to Gothic, is considered the first Gothic cathedral in Spain. Cathedral-fortress, its apse, the cimorro, is embedded in the wall, being its largest cube. It has a Latin cross floor plan with three naves, cruise ship and semicircular double-headed header. The tower on the right is unfinished and the left is topped in merlons with saeteras. Its impressive door of the Apostles of the thirteenth century was moved from the access to the north wall. In it we can visit the Trascoro, with plateresque bas-reliefs and important biblical scenes, the Girola, in which the sepulcher of El Tostado, of Vasco de la Zarza, the Altar Altarpiece of Pedro Berruguete, the Altar of San Segundo or that of Santa Catalina. It was declared a National Monument in 1949.
