Chapel of Santa Ágata

Chapel of Santa Ágata
Native name
Spanish: Capilla de Santa Ágata
Location Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates 41°23′04″N 2°10′38″E / 41.384306°N 2.177361°ECoordinates: 41°23′04″N 2°10′38″E / 41.384306°N 2.177361°E
Official name: Capilla de Santa Ágata
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1866[1]
Reference no. RI-51-0000005
Location of Chapel of Santa Ágata in Spain

The Chapel of Santa Ágata (Spanish: Capilla de Santa Ágata) is a chapel located in Barcelona, Spain. It is also as the Royal Chapel [2] It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1866.[1]

History

Chapel of Santa Ágata was built in 1302. One was the later additions to this Chapel is an outstanding altarpiece by Jaume Huguet in the fifteenth century. This Chapel includes the group of buildings of Real Mayor Palace. The Chapel's construction followed an order by Jaime II and the reigning Queen Blanca D'Anjou.[2]

Art

The sculptor Juan Claperós, under the mandate of the king Pedro Gunner of Portugal (1463-1466) designed sixty earth floor tiles painted with representations of angels and the arms of Aragon and Sicily. Along with this, the king ordered for the magnificent altarpiece of Epiphany that presides over the chapel by the artist Jaume Huguet.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Database of protected buildings (movable and non-movable) of the Ministry of Culture of Spain (Spanish).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.spainisculture.com/en/monumentos/barcelona/capilla_de_santa_agata.html
  3. ↑ http://www.myetymology.com/encyclopedia/Chapel_of_Santa_%C3%81gata.html

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