Barcelona's Cathedral

The Barcelona's Cathedral

Barcelona's Cathedral This cathedral is dedicated to Santa Cruz and Santa Eulalia, patron saint of Barcelona. Work began on the Gothic cathedral in May 1298.

The present cathedral was built during the XIII to XV out of the old Romanesque cathedral, and out of a Visigoth church. Building consists of the church and the cloister perfectly united in the same style.

The cathedral is 90 meters long by 40 meters wide and the cloister garden is 25 square meters on each side by six gallery width of each of the four surrounding it.

In the cathedral, there are 5 doors

Principal door

Saint Ivo's door

Mercy door

Santa Llucia door

Santa Eulalia's door

The crypt is located under the presbytery and its construction is due to Jaime Fabre, early XIV century. It was completed in 1326, although the transfer of the remains of the saint, was not before 1339. You can enter the cloister through the outer doors of Mercy and St. Eulalia.The interior of the cathedral has in white marble columns and fine archivolts clearly a Gothic tympanum.