1. LA CATEDRAL DE LA SANTA CRUZ
BARCELONA Y SANTA EULALIA
MONUMENTAL
ENGLISH
MANEL CANTOS PRESENTATIONS
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2. 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.).

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

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

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

7. 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

8. NAVE OF THE CATHEDRAL WITH THE ALTAR

9. 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.

10. THE CRYPT

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

14. 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

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

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

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

19. 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

21. 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

22. THE BODY

23. 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

25. TOMBS OF THE COUNTS OF BARCELONA

26. CHOIR IS A RENAISSANCE WORK, CONDUCTED BY BARTOLOMÉ ORDÓÑEZ 1519

30. 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

31. THE CLOISTER

32. THE CLOISTER

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

34. 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.

35. THE CLOISTER

36. GARGOYLES UNICORN

37. GARGOYLES REPRESENT FANTASTIC ANIMALS

39. 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.

40. 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.

41. DOOR SANTA EULALIA

43. 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

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

45. 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

46. DOOR OF PIEDAD

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

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

49. CHAPEL OF ST. LLUCIA TOMB BELONGS TO THE BISHOP ARNOLD OF GURB

50. FIN - END - FI
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