Cathedral of Barcelona

^{Pla de la Seu s / n | 08002 Barcelona, ​​Spain}

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross and St Eulalia is the Cathedral of Barcelona, ​​which is located on Placa de la Seu. This is the main church of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, ​​and is dedicated to Saint Eulalia of Merida. The cathedral consists of 4 approximately equally high side aisles, the two outer ones of which are subdivided into 28 chapels. The 16th century white marble choir screen at the cathedral shows scenes from the martyrdom of St Eulalia. A Roman basilica stood on the site of the cathedral in the 4th century. In 985 the cathedral was destroyed by the Moors, when a large part of the city burned down and destroyed. The current cathedral was built on the foundations of the former basalic and the Romanesque cathedral. The construction of the cathedral began in 1298 and by the mid-15th century the cathedral was largely finished. The facade probably comes from the end of the 19th century, it was completed in 1889 and it was built to the original plans from 1408.