The 1428 Catalonia earthquake caused several casualties and destroyed the rose window in the west end. Finally, on 3 November 1383 the last stone was laid and on 15 August 1384 the church was consecrated. In 1379 there was a fire that damaged important parts of the works.
The walls, the side chapels and the façades were finished by 1350. The architects in charge were Berenguer de Montagut (designer of the building) and Ramon Despuig, and during the construction all the guilds of the Ribera quarter were involved. Construction work started on 25 March 1329, when the foundation stone was laid by king Alfonso IV of Aragon as commemorated by a tablet in Latin and Catalan on the façade that faces the Fossar de les Moreres. One of the distinctive features of Santa Maria del Mar was its backing by the common people, as opposed to the nobility.
The construction of the present building was promoted by the canon Bernat Llull, who was appointed Archdean of Santa Maria in 1324.
The first mention of a church of Santa Maria by the Sea dates from 998. It is an outstanding example of Catalan Gothic, with a purity and unity of style that is very unusual in large medieval buildings. Santa Maria del Mar ( Catalan pronunciation:, " Saint Mary of the Sea") is a church in the Ribera district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, built between 13 at the height of Principality of Catalonia's maritime and mercantile preeminence.
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