Inside the Cathedral
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The Cathedral has a Latin cross floor plan with three longitudinal naves, their corresponding apses and a transept topped with a dome at the intersection. The central nave is 104 metres long by 16 metres wide and 26 metres high, reaching a height of 32 metres under the dome. The side naves are 7.5 metres wide by 13 metres high, with a width of 7.23 metres, while their vaults rise to 13 metres.
Both the central nave and the side naves are divided into bays covered with rib vaults topped by keystones decorated in relief. Large cruciform pillars support the entire structure, whose capitals are sculpted with a wide range of plant and animal motifs and historiated designs. Two keystones in the central nave and a pair of side ribs are polychrome.
Fourteen chapels were built between the 14th and 18th centuries, taking advantage of the spaces between the pillars of the side naves: ten on the exterior walls and four in the transept. Together with the six chapels in the transept and those located in the side apses, they make up a complete catalogue of the best Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture.
