# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, Portuguese]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Portugal's principal contribution to medieval architecture came in the 14th century. During the reign of Afonso IV \(1325-1357\), the Romanesque cathedral of Lisbon, having suffered earthquake damage several times, was given a new east end. The original building provided for a tall, narrow two-story choir and ambulatory opening into radiating polygonal chapels. The plan was carried out in amended from in the 15th century. The unity of the ambulatory vault is emphasized by a continuous longitudinal rib. On the exterior, massive buttresses project long way from the exterior walls, obviously built in this way in the expectation of further tremors. The photo shows the façade of the cathedral. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/zzzarchi/14c/5/lisbon.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of Cathedral of Santa Maria \(Sé\), Lisbon. ## Related artworks - [Detail of the decoration]() - [Detail of the decoration]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()