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Barri Gothic Cathedral Roman City of Barcino - info Free, except 4 euros btw. 13:30 - 17:15. Find: - First chapel on right from the northwest entrance = crucfixtion figure = Sant Crist de Lepant = On front of Don Juan's flagship battle at Lepanto - figure standing funny because it dodged a cannonball. - High altar - Eulalia - 13 yr. old girl, tortured 13 times by Romans for her faith, then crucified on X shaped cross. Find X carved on pews. Go down stairs to find the tomb. Patron saint of Barcelona.
Fearless = went to governor and told him to be nicer to the Christians in 304 AD. Made the gov. very mad. Sentenced her to as many gruesome punishments as her years old (13). 1. Flesh torn with hooks 2. Lashed. 3. put inside a barrelwith glass and nails and pushed down a slope (behind the cathedral) 4. Placed in a box with hungry fleas. 5. Wounds sprinkled with boiling oil. 6. Nailed to an X cross in the Placa del Pedro in the Ravel. 7. Cut-off breasts. 8. Cut off head - white dove flew out -Tiny statue of Saint George slaying the dragon. Patron saint and most popular boy's name. -Cloisters = chapels = more money for the church. - On pavement stones, find symbols of trades and guilds = scissors, shoes, bakers - Find 13 geese. Alarm for monks = honking. - How are geese different from ours - they are Roman geese - see tufts on their heads. - Join Sardana dances - Sun noon, Sat 18:00 - Catalonya national folk dance - Elevator to roof and climb stairs. 2.20 euros. M-F, 10:30-12:30 and 17:15 - 18:00. |
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