The First-Timer · Martín · Barcelona
Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar
This is the building I show people before Sagrada Família. The simplicity — bare stone, no side chapels, pure vertical thrust — makes everything Gaudí did more legible by contrast.
14th-century Gothic basilica built by the merchants and sailors of the Ribera. The purest Gothic interior in Catalunya. No ticket, no queue, no multimedia guide needed.
— Martín, The First-Timer
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