The old Cathedral is one of the eminent monuments
of Romanesque art. Following the purest lines of this style it represents
the grace of a Romanesque pilar. Dating from the twelfth century, the whole
is flourished by the Torre del Gallo, with its double window and strong
ribbing.
In sculpture, the sepulchres from the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries are key notes and in painting, the decorations
of the sepulchres and of the chapel of San Martin are a very pure example
of the style of the thirteenth century, of French influence.
The Patio Chico offers one of the most attractive
corners of Salamanca, comprising semicircular apses with a cupola, designated
Torre del Gallo from the shape of its wind vane, derived from Byzantine
and Arquitane influences.
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