Palma Cathedral
The tallest Gothic nave in Europe after Beauvais, and a baldachin by Gaudí.
Duration
1 hr 15 min – 2 hrs
Best time
At opening
Open
Closed to visits on Sunday
Entry price
To confirm
La Seu was begun in 1229 on the site of the great mosque and finished in 1601. Its nave rises forty-four metres, the second highest in Europe after Beauvais, carried on twenty-one-metre columns and lit by the largest Gothic rose window in the world — thirteen metres sixty across, one thousand two hundred and thirty-six pieces of glass.
Gaudí worked here from 1904 to 1914: he moved the choir, opened the view down the nave and hung a baldachin of wrought iron, glass and card above the altar, meant to be temporary and still there. Twice a year, in February and November, the rose window projects exactly beneath the one on the west front.
Getting there
On the seafront, above the Parc de la Mar. Ten minutes on foot from Plaça d'Espanya, where the buses and train arrive.
What the price covers
paid entry, rate to be checked; free for services, through a separate door
Rules on site
Closed to visits on Sundays and feast days, with shorter hours in winter. The tourist entrance and the worship entrance are two different doors.
