Girona Cathedral facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona Catedral de Santa Maria de Girona
The cathedral with the lower Tower of Charlemagne, characterized by mullioned windows.
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Region	Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona
Rite	Roman Rite
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Leadership	Msg. Francesc Pardo i Artigas
Year consecrated	1038
Location
Location	Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Architecture
Architectural type	Church
Architectural style	Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque
Groundbreaking	1015 (1015)
Completed	18th century
Specifications
Direction of façade	W
Length	85 metres (279 ft)
Width	90 metres (300 ft)
Width (nave)	22.98 metres (75.4 ft)
Height (max)	45 metres (148 ft)

View of Girona Cathedral

Plan of the church.

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona, located in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Its interior includes the widest Gothic nave in the world. It has a width of 22 metres (72 ft). In size it is second only to St. Peter's Basilica. By comparison, the width of the nave of Reims is 14.65 metres (48.1 ft), Saint-Étienne de Sens, 15.25 metres (50.0 ft) m and 12 metres (39 ft), in Notre Dame de Paris.

Images for kids

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  The wide central vault.

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  One of the tall stained glass windows on the north side, is 14m high and 3m wide

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  Main façade and grand staircase (Baroque)

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  View of the Romanesque cloister.

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  The 18th-century bell tower.

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  Close-up of the façade, raked perspective.

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  View of the cathedral, with the Eiffel Bridge over the Onyar in the foreground

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  Rose windows from the interior

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  Retable of Saint Mary Magdalene, by Pere Mates (Renaissance)

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  Sculpture of Countess Ermessenda of Carcassonne, by Guillem Morell (ca. 1385), originally on her Gothic sarcophagus.

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  Sarcophagus of Count Ramon Berenguer II, by Guillem Morell (ca. 1385).

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  Chapel of the Holy Martyrs, with a stone 14th-century Gothic Casket of the Holy Martyrs of Girona in the foreground (the 4 busts on it date from 1659), and a Baroque retable from 1679 in the background.

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  Chapel of Saint Andrew.

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  Christ recumbent (1958), by Domènec Fita i Molat, and Tapestry of the Resurrection (1560).

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  Tapestry of Creation, Cathedral Museum.

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  Ivory casket, Cathedral Museum.

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  St. Helen Altarpiece, Cathedral Museum.

See also

In Spanish: Catedral de Santa María de Gerona para niños