La Mercé Basilica

This church is located in the old part of Barcelona (Gothic Quarter), at an intersection at the end of Las Ramblas in Plaza de la Mercé. In this square, there is another building that used to be a convent and is now the Capitanía General (a military building). At the doors of the basilica, there is a decorating stone fountain with the image of Neptune.

It is from the 18th century, of Baroque style and its dome is crowned with the image of the Mercé. In the interior a spectacular Baroque altarpiece, all golden, housing the image of the Mercé, the patron saint of Barcelona. It has many lateral