page_title: Palma de Mallorca
section_title: Cathedral area
hierarchical_section_title: Palma de Mallorca / Main sights / Cathedral area
caption_attribution_description: English: Palma Cathedral in Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Spain Deutsch: Kathedrale von Palma in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spanien
context_page_description: Palma, unofficially known as Palma de Mallorca, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago, though widely separated from Palma proper, is administratively considered part of the municipality. As of 2018, Palma Airport serves over 29 million passengers per year.
context_section_description: Palma is famous for La Seu, its vast cathedral built on a previous mosque which was built atop an original Christian church. Although construction of the present Cathedral began in 1229, it did not finish until 1601. Local architect Antoni Gaudí was drafted in to restore the building in 1901. The Parc de la Mar (Park of the Sea) lies just south, overlooked by the great building which sits above it on the city's stone foundations. Between the two are the town walls.
caption: La Seu, Palma Cathedral, built between 1229 and 1346.
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