Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona was designed by Berenguer de Montagut and built with Ramon Despuig. Canon Bernat Llull, Archdean from 1324, promoted it with backing from common people and the Ribera guilds. Construction began on March 25, 1329. The infobox gives 1329 to 1384. The text says the last stone was laid in November 1383 and consecration followed in August 1384, and the lead says 1329 to 1383.
The article calls the style Catalan Gothic, a basilica plan of three aisles without transepts, with ribbed vaults and slender octagonal columns. It names no materials. Using a 33 cm medieval foot, the total width is about 100 feet, the central aisle about 40 feet and the side chapels about 10 feet deep.
An earthquake in 1428 destroyed the west rose window, replaced by 1459. A 1936 fire destroyed the Baroque retable. Repairs began in 1938, and the east end was restored in 1967. The article gives no hours.
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