Basílica de Nostra Senyora de la Mercè (Barcelona)

Spain / Barcelona / Barcelona
 church, basilica, Baroque (architecture), Roman Catholic church

Late Gothic style church. It still retains an image of the city's patron saint, the Mercè Virgin

Originally in the thirteenth century the building was Gothic however, it was renovated in the eighteenth century in a late Baroque style by Josep Mas. Its interior is a single nave and houses the image of the patron saint of the city, the Virgin of 'La Mercè', a Gothic carving.


Type of monument: Church.
Period: 18th Century.
Style: Baroque.
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Coordinates:   41°22'46"N   2°10'47"E
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