Cathedral of Santa Eulalia

The cathedral was constructed during the 13th to 15th centuries on top of a former Visigothic church. The Gothic-like façade is much more recent: from the 19th century.

It is dedicated to Saint Eulalia, patron saint of Barcelona, a young virgin who, according to Catholic tradition, suffered martyrdom during Roman times. One story is that she was exposed naked in the public square and a miraculous snow fall in mid spring covered her nudity. The enraged Romans put her into a barrel with knives stuck into it and rolled it down a street (according to tradition, the one now called 'Baixada de Santa Eulalia').

The cathedral has a secluded Gothic cloister where thirteen white geese are kept (it is said that Eulalia was 13 when she was murdered).