barcelona 41 monumental cathedral of santa eulalia - english

BARCELONA MONUMENTAL

LA CATEDRAL DE LA SANTA CRUZ Y SANTA EULALIA

MANEL CANTOS PRESENTATIONSBlog BARCELONA COMPLETcanventu@hotmail.com

ENGLISH

THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTA CRUZ SANTA EULALIA IS THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL OF BARCELONA. THE PRESENT CATHEDRAL WAS BUILT DURING THE THIRTEENTH TO FIFTEENTH ON THE OLD ROMANESQUE CATHEDRAL, BUILT IN TURN ON A VISIGOTHIC CHURCH WHICH WAS PRECEDED BY AN EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA. THE COMPLETION OF THE IMPOSING FACADE IS MUCH MORE MODERN NINETEENTH CENTURY. IT IS DEDICATED TO SANTA CRUZ AND SANTA EULALIA. PATRON SAINT OF BARCELONA (NOW CELEBRATED AS SUCH IS THE VIRGIN OF MERCY WHO IS THE PATRONESS OF THE DIOCESE OF BARCELONA.).

THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTA CRUZ AND SANTA EULALIA THE EXTERIOR OF THE DOME CREST, IT CONCLUDES WITH THE IMAGE OF SANTA ELENA.

IN THE PORCH THERE ARE SCULPTURES OF ANGELS, PROPHETS AND KINGS IN A TOTAL OF 76 FIGURES

THE FRONT DOOR, LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL SQUARE. DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT JOSEP ORIOL MESTRES I IS NEO-GOTHIC

DOOR WITH A LARGE GOTHIC ARCH, DOMINATED BY A SCULPTURE OF CHRIST, THE SCULPTOR AGAPIT VALLMITJANA I BARBANY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DOOR IMAGES APOSTLES

NAVE OF THE CATHEDRAL WITH THE ALTAR

THE CRYPT IS LOCATED BENEATH THE SANCTUARY AND ITS CONSTRUCTION IS DUE TO JAUME FABRE. THE VAULT IS DIVIDED INTO TWELVE ARCS THAT ARE ALL CONVERGING TO A CENTRAL KEYSTONE, REPRESENTING THE VIRGIN MARY AND CHILD JESUS TO PLACE THE CROWN OF MARTYRDOM AT SANTA EULALIA. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1326, ALTHOUGH THE TRANSFER OF THE REMAINS OF THE SAINT, WAS NOT MADE UNTIL 1339.

THE CRYPT

THE CATHEDRAL HAS A TOTAL OF 215 KEYS, BEING THOSE OF THE LARGEST NAVE, TWO METERS IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHING 5 TONS

KNOWN FOR SAN OLEGARIO CHAPEL AND THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, AS WELL AS THE CHRIST OF LEPANTO, ONE OF THE IMAGES WITH MORE DEVOTION TO THE CATHEDRAL

SANT LEPANT CRIST THAT WAS IN THE FLAGSHIP OF DON JUAN OF AUSTRIA AT THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO BAROQUE ALTARPIECE OF SAN BERNARDINO.

BAROQUE ALTARPIECE OF THE VIRGEN DEL ROSARIO. BAROQUE ALTARPIECE OF SAN MARCOS.

THE WINDOWS OR WINDOWS, ARE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GOTHIC, WITH LARGE WINDOWS OPENING TO MAKE WAY FOR OUTSIDE LIGHT

THE CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. ITS MASONRY IS OF THE XIV AND XV IS ACCOMPANIED BY PIECES OF STONE, CARVED WOOD AND WROUGHT IRON VERY WORKED

THE BODY OF THE YEAR 1538. THE TYPE OF THIS BODY, THERE ARE ONLY FOUR IN EUROPE. THE ORIGINAL WORK OF THE ORGAN WAS GIVEN BY THE SCULPTOR PERE ANTONI FLAMECH CARBONELL

THE BODY

THE SACRISTY CONSISTS OF THREE ROOMS. IN 1408 THE LIVING ROOM WAS EXPANDED WITH TREASURY AND IN 1502 THE OTHER ROOM WHERE THE PRIESTS ARE COATED

TOMBS OF THE COUNTS OF BARCELONA

CHOIR IS A RENAISSANCE WORK, CONDUCTED BY BARTOLOMÉ ORDÓÑEZ 1519

THE CLOISTER OF THE CATHEDRAL IS A GOTHIC SPACE WITH LARGE WINDOWS AND ARTISTIC BARS, SURROUNDED BY CHAPELS, WHOSE INTERIOR IS OCCUPIED BY A GARDEN WITH PALM TREES AND DIVERSE VEGETATION AND A GOTHIC FONT

THE CLOISTER

THE CLOISTER

SANT JORDI WITH THE DRAGON, SYMBOL OF THE PATRON OF CATALONIA, VERY PRESENT IN THE IMAGE AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

THE CATHEDRAL HAS A GOTHIC CLOISTER IN THE SNOW GEESE LIVING THIRTEEN (IT IS SAID THAT EULALIA WAS THIRTEEN WHEN SHE WAS EXECUTED AND HERDING GEESE IN SARRIA, NEAR THE CITY.

THE CLOISTER

GARGOYLES UNICORN

GARGOYLES REPRESENT FANTASTIC ANIMALS

IN THE LATE THIRTEENTH CENTURY ARE THE TWO BELL TOWERS OF EARLY GOTHIC BUILDING, WHOSE POSITION CORRESPONDS TO THE END OF THE CRUISE. BOTH ARE OCTAGONAL AND 53 METERS HIGH.

DOOR SANTA EULALIA. IN BISHOP STREET AND THE ENTRANCE IS THROUGH THE CLOISTER, SIMILAR TO THE DOOR OF MERCY, IN THE TYMPANUM THERE IS A SCULPTURE OF SANTA EULALIA, REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL SCULPTOR ANTONIO CLAPERÓS.

DOOR SANTA EULALIA

IN THE SQUARE OF UI IS A CHARMING PLACE OF THE GOTHIC STYLE, IS VERY SMALL AND IS LOOKING OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL OF BARCELONA, FOR 500 YEARS WAS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. WAS BUILT IN 1292

ON THE SQUARE IU THE DOOR ON THE SIDE YOU CAN SEE TWO STONES WITH INSCRIPTIONS WRITTEN IN HEBREW VERY WORN.

DOOR OF PIEDAD. IT IS ONE OF THE INPUTS OUTSIDE THE CLOISTER, WITH AN OGEE ARCH FLANKED BY HIGH PINNACLES CARVED WITH GREAT FINESSE. IN THE TYMPANUM IS A RELIEF WOODEN REPRESENTATION OF PIETY GERMAN SCULPTOR MICHEL LOCHNER, ESTABLISHED IN BARCELONA SINCE 1483

DOOR OF PIEDAD

DOOR SANTA LUCIA. IT IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOLY SHRINE, THE THIRD DOOR TO THE CLOISTER.

THE CHAPEL OF SAINT LUCIAIT IS LOCATED IN A CORNER OF THE CLOISTER WITH OUTSIDE ENTRANCE. IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1257 AND 1268 LATE ROMANESQUE STYLE

TOMB BELONGS TO THE BISHOP ARNOLD OF GURBCHAPEL OF ST. LLUCIA

MANEL CANTOS PRESENTATIONSBlog BARCELONA COMPLETcanventu@hotmail.com

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