Girona Cathedral

Girona Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Mary
Catedral de Santa Maria
West façade and the grand Baroque staircase
Map
41°59′15″N 2°49′35″E / 41.98750°N 2.82639°E / 41.98750; 2.82639
LocationGirona
AddressPlaza de la Catedral
CountrySpain
DenominationCatholic
Websitecatedraldegirona.cat
History
StatusCathedral
DedicationMary, mother of Jesus
Dedicated21 September 1038[1]
Architecture
StyleRomanesque, Gothic, Baroque
Groundbreaking1015 (1015)[2]
Completed18th century
Specifications
Length85 m (278 ft 10 in)
Nave width23 m (75 ft 6 in)[3]
Height45 m (147 ft 8 in)
Administration
MetropolisTarragona
DioceseGirona
Clergy
Bishop(s)Octavi Vilà Mayo
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated3 June 1931
Reference no.RI-51-0000551

The Cathedral of Saint Mary, (Catalan: Catedral de Santa Maria), is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona.

The cathedral's interior includes the widest Gothic nave in the world, with a width of 23 metres (75 ft). Its construction was begun in the 11th century in the Romanesque architectural style, and continued in the 13th century in the Gothic style. Of the original Romanesque edifice only the 12th-century cloister and a bell tower remain. The second bell tower was completed in the 18th century.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Cloister and bell tower of the cathedral of Girona". Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  2. ^ Official website of the Cathedral of Girona. "Chronology - Cathedral's history". Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ Casas, Narciso (4 February 2013). Historia y Arte en las catedrales de España [History and Art in the Cathedrals of Spain] (in Spanish). Madrid: Bubok Publishing. ISBN 978-8468632018.