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Basilica of Santa Maria

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Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Basilica of Santa Maria
Phone:
+34 688 33 10 94

Address:
Placa Mossen Cinto Verdaguer, s / n, 17486, Castello d'Empuries, Spain

The Santa Maria Basilica , located in the municipality of Castelló d'Empúries in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, has for centuries been regarded as the Empordà Cathedral, although papal authorities have never grant it this rank. The building is the second largest in the Costa Brava, after the Girona Cathedral, and is big enough to justify a cathedral status. It is a Gothic building begun in the thirteenth century that replaced a primitive Romanesque church from the tenth century. A few vestiges of this building remains, such as the first floors of the bell tower and the grant baptismal. It was completed in the fifteenth century, when the marble facade and the alabaster altarpiece of the main altar were finished. It contains a museum known as El Tresor, which contains a large collection of religious jewelry.The church is dedicated to the Virgin of Candelera.
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