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La fachada de la catedral de Oviedo y su pórtico/pasaje urbano, presenta similitudes con la Catedral
de Nantes y con la miniatura de Jean Fouquet. Descartado un plan que unía a ese pórtico dos torres gemelas,
se siguió la moda tardogótica de las grandes torres únicas y se elevó la sur, cuyo cuerpo presenta semejanzas
con las torres del oeste de Francia. Su zona alta sintetiza la arquitectura de torres alemana. Las flechas
de las catedrales de Oviedo, Burgos y León, deben ponerse en relación con la introducción en Castilla de este
tipo de estructuras por Juan de Colonia. Cuando las flechas burgalesas fueron rematadas, no solamente eran
un elemento novedoso en Castilla, sino que, si damos por cierta la reciente revisión de la cronología propuesta
para la catedral de Estrasburgo, podemos decir que se unirían al grupo de las primeras agujas caladas construidas
en Europa. Aunque su filiación no puede darse por cerrada, parece razonable buscarla en el ámbito de
las aportaciones de la escuela colonesa y del maestro Ulrich von Ensingen, y entorno a la arquitectura de
grandes torres rematadas con flechas de Colonia, Friburgo, Estrasburgo, Basilea o Ulm.The facade of Oviedo cathedral and its urban portico/passage both present similarities with the
Cathedral of Nantes and with Jean Fouquet’s miniature. Once a plan that forecast the junction of two twin
towers to this portico had been rejected, it was followed by the late gothic style of only building big towers
and the South Tower was erected, which presents similarities with the towers of the West of France. On the
other hand, its high zone synthesizes German tower architecture. The open work spires of the cathedrals of
Oviedo, Burgos and León must be connected with the introduction in Castile of this type of structure by Johannes
von Köln. When the open work, Burgos-style spires were finished, not only they were a new element
in Castile, but, according to the recent review of the chronology proposed for the cathedral of Strasbourg, we
are able to affirm that they would join the group of the first open work spires constructed in Europe. Though
its filiation cannot be definitely concluded, it is reasonable to look for similarities with the contributions by
the school of Johannes von Köln and master Ulrich von Ensingen, and it could also be related to the architecture
of big towers finished with open work spires of Cologne, Freiburg, Strasbourg, Basle or Ulm.
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