According to legend, in the 13th century King Jaime I of Aragon, on his way to Majorca, where he was going to fight the Arabs, was caught in a terrible storm. The king vowed to build a magnificent temple to the glory of God if the Lord would let him live and be safe. The Lord answered his prayers and the king safely reached the shore and freed the island from Rarb rule.
On the site of the old mosque of Medina, the king ordered the erection of a temple. The cathedral was rebuilt several times. Its interiors were remodelled in the twentieth century by Antoni Gaudi. For example, the fanciful canopy over the altar of wrought iron is the work of this famous master.
In the cathedral you can see magnificent stained glass windows of 14-16th centuries. In the tiny chapel of St Trinity are buried the remains of some Catalan and Aragonese kings. The jewel of the cathedral museum's collection is the Ark of the True Cross, inlaid with precious metals and stones and dating back to the 15th century.
