Cathedral · Ibiza
Catedral de Santa María
Today: Catedral de la Virgen de las Nieves, Ibiza
- Place
- Ibiza
- Kind
- Cathedral
- Built
- c. 1715 to 1728
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Open to visit
The church of Santa María, at the top of Dalt Vila, keeps its Gothic apse and tower of the 14th century; the nave was begun at the end of the 15th century and closed with the Honda chapel in 1538. Between 1715 and 1728 the building underwent a major refurbishment, directed by Jaume Espinosa and Pere Ferro, and the nave is now Baroque. In 1782 Pope Pius VI created the see of Ibiza, which made the church a cathedral, and its Sacristy Museum can be visited.