Santander cathedral

SANTANDER (Spain): Cathedral.

Just to the west of the Avenida de Alfonso XIII, on the eastern edge of the old town, stands the Cathedral, originally Gothic (13th century), which was restored after the fire. In its large crypt, the Iglesia del Cristo (c. 1200), are the remains of two martyred saints, Celedonius and Emeterius. In the cloister (rebuilt) is the tomb of the Santander-born writer and scholar Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856-1912).