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Händel´s Messiah Barcelona 2014
Basilica Santa Maria del Mar - Barcelona

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Event date: Wednesday 17th December 2014 to Friday 19th December 2014
Event location: Basilica Santa Maria del Mar in Born area of Barcelona's medieval city

Tickets El Mesías de Handel en Basílica de Santa María del Mar

El Messies de Handel concert at the wonderful Santa Maria del Mar gothic church in El Born area of Barcelona. Enjoy a wonderful performance of Händel´s Messiah in the fabulous surroundings of the gothic church Basilica Santa Maria del Mar in December. The Messiah is one of Handel's most famous works and especially loved for the "Hallelujah!" chorus. Lieder Camera choir and Barroca Catalana orchestra. 

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Event address & map

Venue:
Santa Maria del Mar Basilica church
Street:
Plaça de Santa Maria
Postal Code:
08003
City:
Barcelona
Country:
Country: es

How to get to Basilica Santa Maria del Mar 




The Basilica Santa Maria del Mar church in Barcelona is a beautiful Catalan gothic church in the Born area of Barcelona's old city. The name means Saint Mary of the Sea because the neighbourhood where the church stands, El Born in La Ribera, was originally much closer to the sea.

The earliest mention of a church of Santa Maria by the sea dates back to the year 998. This church is quite unique because it is the only Catalan Gothic church built entirely in the Catalan gothic style. Construction work was led by architect "Berenguer de Montagut" and started on 25 March 1329, when the foundation stone was laid by King Alfons IV of Aragon, also know as Alfons the Kind (Rei N'Alfons el Benigne.)

The Santa Maria del Mar Basilica foundation stone was laid in commemoration of the conquest of the Kingdom of Sardinia in1324 at the time of Kingdom of Aragon's domination of the Mediterranean, which included the conquest of Mallorca 10 years earlier and later included Sicily and parts of Greece.

A stone tablet in Latin and Catalan commerates the Santa Maria del Mar foundation ceremony and can be seen on the facade of the church on the street Carrer del Fossar de les Moreres. The church was completed on 3 November 1383. The Santa Maria del Mar is an important tourist attraction in Barcelona, but still very much in use both for services and concerts and recitals.

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Getting to Santa Maria del Mar church


By Metro
Nearest metro station Jaime I yellow line L4 

By Bus
Bus lines 17, 19, 40, 45, 120, N8

By Taxi
Taxi companies Barcelona

Barcelona Event 

Barcelona Events:
El Messies de Handel concert
When:
17.12.2014
Where:
Barcelona
Category:
Christmas Calendar