The choir stall of the Cathedral of Astorga
The Astorga ensemble consists of ninety-seven stalls on three sides
to form a U-shape and on two levels (fifty-five stalls in the high
level and forty-two in the lower one). The newer stalls are very
similar to the older ones in the ensemble but there are some
differences: large panels took the place of the canopies and the desk
ends were high and with open carvings, as on the Zamora stalls.
The iconographic program as well follows the Zamora stalls with
the same order of prophets on the low level, and the use on the
upper level of saints related to the ecclesiastical world instead of the
martyrs and healing saints that are more abundant on the Leon stalls. This change permitted the continued use of this
model in more modern choir stalls of cathedrals, monasteries and
convents in Spain.