Chapel of Santa Ágata

Chapel of Santa Ágata

The Chapel of Santa Ágata (Spanish: Capilla de Santa Ágata) is a chapel located in Barcelona, Spain. It is also as the Royal Chapel It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1866.
The Chapel of Santa Ágata (Spanish: Capilla de Santa Ágata) is a chapel located in Barcelona, Spain. It is also as the Royal Chapel It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1866.
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 Real Mayor Palace. The Chapel's construction followed an order by Jaime II and the reigning Queen Blanca D'Anjou.
The sculptor Juan Claperós, under the mandate of the king Pedro Gunner 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.
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