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cathedral's large 16th-century, Gothic/plateresque cloister. You'll see Maestro
Mateo's original stone choir (destroyed in 1603 but recently restored), rooms of
tapestries including a set from designs by Goya, an impressive collection of reli-
gious art (including the
botafumeiro,
in the library), the lavish 18th-century
sala ca-
pitular
(chapter house), and off the cloister, the treasury and the Panteón de Reyes,
which contains tombs of kings of medieval León.
CIUDAD DE LA CULTURA
(City of Culture;
www.cidadedacultura.org
)
This vast, ambitious cultural centre is be-
ing constructed atop Monte Gaiás, 1.5km southeast of the old city, to the designs of
American Peter Eisenman. The first sections, the Library and Archive of Galicia, are
now open to the public, with the Museum of Galicia to follow sometime in 2011.
Cultural Centre
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