Palma Cathedral

Palma Cathedral , more commonly known as La Seu, is breathtaking. Begun by King James I of Aragon in 1230 in thanksgiving for the conquest of Mallorca and built on the site of a former mosque, King James inadvertently created an all-time historical paradox; anyone kneeling at the altar in Mallorca’s cathedral does so in the direction of Mecca rather than Jerusalem. The second largest of all Gothic cathedrals in the world Palma Cathedral took four...

Palma Cathedral , more commonly known as La Seu, is breathtaking. Begun by King James I of Aragon in 1230 in thanksgiving for the conquest of Mallorca and built on the site of a former...