Ibiza Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Virgin of the Snows, stands on the Plaça de la Catedral in Dalt Vila, the historic center of Ibiza. Guillermo de Montgrí, Peter of Portugal and Nuno Sanç agreed in 1234 to establish a parish dedicated to Saint Mary, and Ibiza was taken on August 8, 1235. The article names no architect for the medieval work.
The church had five chapels by 1435, and a new nave was built at the end of the 15th century. The article calls the style Catalan Gothic, and the infobox lists Gothic and Baroque. The town builders Jaume Espinosa and Pere Ferro directed a heavy refurbishment from 1715 to 1728. The building is 126 feet (38.5 m) long and 59 feet (18 m) high.
Pope Pius VI established the diocese in 1782, and the church was dedicated as a cathedral on January 31, 1817.
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