The Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Spanish city of Ceuta located in a small exclave on the north coast of Africa.
The cathedral is a 15th-century structure, built on the site of a sixth-century Christian church. There have been considerable additions to it since its construction, and its most notable external feature today is its neoclassical entrance. Other notable features include a Renaissance black marble portal and a baroque altar in the chapel of SantÃsmo.
The cathedral contains many fine works of art dating from the 17th century to the present day.
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“... the first cathedral you see remains with you forever as the cathedral of the world.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)
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