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Cathedral – La Seu VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
. Giant Rose Window
Mallorca’s cathedral, La Seu, is the most precious architectural The largest of the seven Practical Information
treasure of the Balearic Islands and is regarded as one of Spain’s rose windows, measuring Plaça Almoïna s/n. Tel 902 022 445.
most outstanding Gothic structures. Begun by Jaume II on 12 m (40 ft) in diameter, Open 10am–3:15pm Mon–Fri
is filled with 1,200 pieces
(Apr, May, Oct: to 5:15pm; Jun–
the site of the city’s main mosque seven years after the con­ of stained glass. Sep: 6:15pm), 10am–2:15pm Sat.
quest of 1299, the work took some 300 years. In the first half Closed public hols. & 5 9am
of the 15th century, the building works were supervised by daily; 7pm Sat; 9am, 10:30am,
the prominent Mallorcan sculptor and architect Guillem noon, 1pm, 7pm Sun & pub hols.
7 ∑ catedraldemallorca.org
Sagrera. Partly destroyed during the 1851 earthquake, the Belfry
cathedral was subsequently repaired by Juan Bautista The mighty belfry was built in
Peyronnet. In the early 20th century, its interior was mod­ 1389. The biggest of its nine Trinity Chapel
ernized by Antoni Gaudí. An integral part of the cathedral bells is called Eloi. The chapel, built
is its museum, which stores precious works of religious art. in 1329, contains
the tombs of the
Mallorcan kings
Jaume II and
Jaume III.

Mallorca Cathedral
Towering over the harbour in Palma,
the cathedral looks most beautiful
when viewed from the sea, or at
night, when it is illuminated.

KEY
1 Portal Major (1601)
2 19th-century pinnacle
3 Entrance to the Cathedral
Museum
4 Flying buttress
5 The great organs, built in 1795,
stand within a Neo-Gothic enclosure;
they were restored in 1993 by Gabriel
Blancafort.
. Baldachin (1912)
6 Stalls made from the Antoni Gaudí’s ceremonial canopy
dismantled corro with lights and a multicoloured
7 The Capella Reial (presbytery) crucifix is suspended above the
was remodelled by Gaudí during main altar.
1904–14.
8 Chapel of the Holy Sacrament
(Barceló Chapel) was designed
by contemporary painter Miquel Central Nave
Barceló (b.1957) and boasts a Cathedral Museum Nineteen metres (62 ft) wide
large ceramic mural and stained- One of the masterpieces on display in the and 44 m (145 ft) high, the
glass windows.
Old Chapter House, now housing the central nave, with its vault
9 Portal del Mirador (1420) museum, is the reliquary containing wood supported by 14 pillars, is
from the Holy Cross, encrusted with jewels. one of the world’s biggest.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp148–150 and pp155–9

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Date 24th April 2013
Size 125mm x 217mm