Type Non-movable Designated 1866 Province Province of Barcelona | Criteria Monument Reference no. RI-51-0000005 Phone +34 932 56 21 00 | |
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Location Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Address Museo de Historia de Barcelona, Plaça del Rei, s/n, 08002 Barcelona, Spain Similar Palau Reial Major, Gothic Quarter - Barcelona, Plaça del Rei, Barcelona City History Museum, Padellàs's House | ||
The Chapel of Santa Àgata (Catalan: Capella de Santa Àgata, Spanish: Capilla de Santa Ágata) is a chapel located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is also as the Royal Chapel. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1866.
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History
Chapel of Santa Ágata was built in 1302. One was the later additions to this Chapel is an outstanding altarpiece by Jaume Huguet in the fifteenth century. This Chapel includes the group of buildings of Reial Major Palace. The Chapel's construction followed an order by James II and the reigning Queen Blanca d'Anjou.
Art
The sculptor Joan Claperós, under the mandate of Peter, Constable of Portugal (1463-1466) designed sixty earth floor tiles painted with representations of angels and the arms of Aragon and Sicily. Along with this, the king ordered for the magnificent altarpiece of Epiphany that presides over the chapel by the artist Jaume Huguet.