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The Cathedral of Saint Mary in Girona is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese, located in Catalonia, Spain.

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The gothic nave its the widest of the world. It's 22 metres wide.

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The church and his cloister were built until 1064, in Romanesque style. The bell tower was completed in 1117.

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The new design consisted of a big Gothic nave, the widest Gothic nave in the world.The elevation is 35 metres.

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The church has a Baroque façade preceded by a staircase completed in 1607.

Other exterior features include the Gothic portal of St. Michael in the northern side and the southern portico of the Apostles, from the 14th century.

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The name of the angel is Michael. There have been 3 angels in the Cathedral but 2 of them are in the museum broken.

It’s a weather-vane.

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In the stairway there are nummulites.

There are 90 steps.

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There is a famous gargoley.

It's a witch.

There is a legend

about the witch.

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The charlemange tower is romanesque style.

It has many windows.

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There are two important sepulchres:

Ermessenda and Ramon Berenguer II.

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It has a legend.

There is a replica in the cloister.

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• There are many glass windows in the cathedral.

• There are different pictures in colours.

• There is a central glass window:

• - the rose window.

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• The rose window is a glass window in the façade of the cathedral.

• It's a circle and it's the most important.

• It's used to let the light get into the cathedral.

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• In the bell tower there are some bells:

• The “Beneta” or “Bombo”

• The “Dominical”

• And more...

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• In the façade there are eight sculptures:

• Mary and Jesus

• Saint Peter

• Saint Paul

• and some more.

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• In the museum there are a lot of sculptures and tresures