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. Great Rose Window VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The largest of seven rose
windows looks down Practical Information
from above the High Plaça de la Seu s/n.
Altar like a gigantic Tel 902 02 24 45.
eye. Built in 1370 Open Apr–May & Oct: 10am–
with stained glass 5:15pm Mon–Fri (3:15pm Nov–
added in the 16th Mar, 6:15pm Jun–Sep); 10am–
century, the window 2:15pm Sat all year. Closed
has a diameter of public hols. 5 9am Mon–Sat,
over 11 m (36 ft). 9–10:30am, noon–7pm Sun. 7
∑ catedraldemallorca.org

Capella de la Trinitat
This tiny chapel was built in
1329 as the mausoleum of
Jaime II and III of Aragón. It
contains their alabaster tombs.

Bishop’s Throne
Built in 1269 and made
of Carrara marble, the
chair is embedded in a
Gothic vaulted niche.

Nave
The magnificent ceiling, 44 m . Baldachino
(144 ft) high, is held up by 14 Gaudí’s bizarre wrought-iron
slender pillars. At over 19 m canopy above the altar
(62 ft) wide, it is one of the incorporates lamps, tapestries
broadest naves in the world. and a multicoloured crucifix.

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