Catedral de Málaga
Catedral de Málaga rises in Málaga, Andalusia, within the former limits of the medieval Moorish walls. Its Renaissance interior carries strong Baroque touches. The Baroque façade has two levels, three arches, marble columns, and stone medallions showing Saints Cyriacus and Paula and the Annunciation. The north tower reaches 84 metres.
Construction followed Diego de Siloe’s designs between 1528 and 1782. A tax on ships docking in Málaga helped fund the long building project. Gothic art fills the Chapel of Santa Barbara, while sixteenth-century tombs occupy the Chapel of San Francisco. The Chapel of the Incarnation holds a neoclassical altarpiece by Juan de Villanueva, with sculptures by Antonio Ramos and Aldehuela.
Wheelchair access makes the cathedral easier to explore. Inside, a painting by Enrique Simonet stands alongside works by Juan Salazar Palomino. The unfinished south tower remains the clearest detail: one side rises above Málaga, while the other never reached completion.
- City
- Malaga
- Content updated
Take this page with you
The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Malaga. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.