Sculptural detail, Main portal, Sacra Capilla

Relief of Aeolus, ruler of the winds, from a series of reliefs of classical Greek gods on the intrados (underside of the arch) of the main portal, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509-75, in Plateresque style, and carved by Esteban Jamete, 1515-65, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1536 Aeolus Al-andalus Andalucia Andres Blowing Capilla Cobos Esteban Funerary Intrados Jaen Jamete Plateresque Portal Sacra Salvador Saviour Siloe Ubeda Vandelvira

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