![]() ![]() With the project having the funding and planning necessary to begin, it was time assign the construction’s architects. ![]() ![]() He also authorized the extraction of stone from the quarries of Montjuïc, both from La Foixarda and La Roca, the latter being used exclusively by the Crown. Pedro III of Aragon granted the necessary permission to demolish various buildings in the area and reuse their components for the basilica. The idea saw the approval from the ecclesiastical authorities as well as from the great families of the area, who were happy to finance the project. While this was happening, the increase in the Vilanova del Mar neighborhood’s population, together with the desire of a group of craftsmen, merchants and shipowners to have their own temple of great dimensions and, unlike the cathedral, not linked to the city’s nobility or royalty, an impulse was growing to begin the expansion of the humble Santa Maria de les Arenes chapel- previously known as the Iglesia de Santa Eulàlia -whose name was in homage to the land it occupied the Roman Barcino amphitheatre had been located there. As mentioned before, plans were in the works to build a cathedral. ![]()
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