Cathedral 3

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The Cathedral of Saint Mary in Girona is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese, located in Catalonia, Spain.

The gothic nave its the widest of the world. It's 22 metres wide.

The church and his cloister were built until 1064, in Romanesque style. The bell tower was completed in 1117.

The new design consisted of a big Gothic nave, the widest Gothic nave in the world.The elevation is 35 metres.

The church has a Baroque façade preceded by a staircase completed in 1607.

Other exterior features include the Gothic portal of St. Michael in the northern side and the southern portico of the Apostles, from the 14th century.

The name of the angel is Michael. There have been 3 angels in the Cathedral but 2 of them are in the museum broken.

It’s a weather-vane.

In the stairway there are nummulites.

There are 90 steps.

There is a famous gargoley.

It's a witch.

There is a legend

about the witch.

The charlemange tower is romanesque style.

It has many windows.

There are two important sepulchres:

Ermessenda and Ramon Berenguer II.

It has a legend.

There is a replica in the cloister.

• There are many glass windows in the cathedral.

• There are different pictures in colours.

• There is a central glass window:

• - the rose window.

• The rose window is a glass window in the façade of the cathedral.

• It's a circle and it's the most important.

• It's used to let the light get into the cathedral.

• In the bell tower there are some bells:

• The “Beneta” or “Bombo”

• The “Dominical”

• And more...

• In the façade there are eight sculptures:

• Mary and Jesus

• Saint Peter

• Saint Paul

• and some more.

• In the museum there are a lot of sculptures and tresures