ARCHITECT, Portuguese
(active 1350-1430 in Lisbon)

Interior view

1350-1430
Photo
Cathedral of Santa Maria (Sé), Lisbon

Portugal's principal contribution to medieval architecture came in the 14th century. During the reign of Afonso IV (1325-1357), the Romanesque cathedral of Lisbon, having suffered earthquake damage several times, was given a new east end. The original building provided for a tall, narrow two-story choir and ambulatory opening into radiating polygonal chapels. The plan was carried out in amended from in the 15th century. The unity of the ambulatory vault is emphasized by a continuous longitudinal rib.

On the exterior, massive buttresses project long way from the exterior walls, obviously built in this way in the expectation of further tremors.

The photo shows the interior of the ambulatory.