La Seu Cathedral

The huge La Seu cathedral is a seaside landmark that took many centuries to complete. After the Moorish dominion of the Mediterranean island had ended, King Jaume I of Mallorca gave the order to start construction in the early 1230s. The enormous cathedral is built upon the ruins of a former mosque. The main portal and nave took more than 350 years to complete, and the building wasn't finished until 1601.

When you pause to look at La Seu, the enormous size of the church structure is apparent. The structure is 33 meters wide and over 110 meters long. The nave is one of the biggest of its sort in Europe, standing 44 meters high. The Gothic rosette window on the church's eastern façade is a notable design element. With a circumference of 12.55 m, it is made up of more than 1,200 pieces of vibrant glass. The interior of the building is filled with amazing, kaleidoscopic reflections as the sun shines through the window.

The gothic rosette window's ability to let light in is stunning, but on specific days of the year, guests may look forward to an astonishing light show. The "Light Game of the Eight" takes place twice a year on February 2nd and November 11th. The circular window's precise reflection is projected onto the opposite wall below the rosette of the main façade as the sunbeams pass through the huge rosette on the eastern front at 8:00 am. The two rosette windows seem to have been precisely superimposed on one another to the beholder. Thousands of tourists come to see this magical moment each year.

Location: 07001 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain