Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Solsona

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Episcopal see from 1593

Capital of the Solsonès, a city by grant of Philip II and the seat of a new bishopric from 1593. In the 18th century Bishop Rafael Lasala had the Episcopal Palace, with a Neoclassical façade, built over the old monastery, and in 1805 the Neoclassical Puente gate was finished.

What to see today

Catedral de Santa María de Solsona (Catedral de Solsona): Cathedral, 1623 to 1780

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