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"The Cathedral of Ibiza in detail:
Here you will find detailed information about the most important religious building in Ibiza. Those interested can find out how the church got its name, what visitors can expect inside and when the church became a cathedral
Snow on Ibiza? How the cathedral got its name:
The church's full name is "Catedral Santa Maria de la Nieves", in English "Mary of the Snow Cathedral". The name has its origins in the time when Ibiza was still under Moorish rule. The later conquerors signed a pact in 1234 in which they committed themselves to building a church dedicated to Mary in the event of a successful conquest.
The Christian conquerors were successful, and the conquest of Ibiza was successful on August 8, 1235. Now, in the Catholic Church, there are many well-known and less well-known Marian festivals. The Marian festival closest in time to the day of the conquest was Our Lady of the Snows. Hence the name!
Construction and development of the church:
The church is in a prominent location on the top of the old town hill. That is why the Moors built a mosque on exactly the same spot and it is assumed that places of worship were already there before.
After the conquest, however, it took a while before construction of the church began; there were more important things for the few available workers to do first. In the 14th century, the single-nave church was completed in the Gothic style. Around 400 years later, in the 18th century, the building was in need of renovation. In the course of the renovation, old elements were removed, so that the church is now considered to be Baroque in style.
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