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Historical facts at the Valencia Cathedral.
· 9 October 1238Consecration of the Cathedral of St. Mary after being a Mosque
· 22 June 1262First stone of the cathedral.
Almoina Door.
· 14th centuryApostles Door.
Chapter House and dome.
· 15th centuryExtension of the naves of the Cathedral.
· 1425Bell tower “The Micalet” finished.
· 18 March 1437Holy Chalice handed over
by Alfonso V the Magnanimous.
· 8 April 1455Alfonso Borgia, Bishop of Valencia,
is named Pope Callixtus III.
· 9 July 1492 Valencia Cathedral turned into Metropolitan see.
· 11 August 1492Rodrigo Borgia, Archbishop of Valencia,
is named Pope Alexander VI.
· 1493Great silver altarpiece.
· 1505Altarpiece doors.
· 18 April 1599Wedding at the Cathedral of King of Spain
Felipe III and Margarita of Austria.
· 1773Neoclassical restoration of the Cathedral.
· 1788Francisco de Goya portrays his two paintings
in the St. Francis Borgia chapel.
· 1813Smelting of the silver altarpiece during
the Independence War.
· 18 September 1886Granting of the title Minor Basilica by Pope Leo XII.
· 21 July 1936 Looting and partial destruction of the Cathedral.
· 1943New place for the high altar, the choir and the organs.
· 1974-1982Restoration to its original state of the gothic naves
and the dome.
· 8 November 1982Pope John Paul II visit.
· 4 February - 31 August 1999“La Luz de las Imágenes” (“The light of the images”)
exhibition at the Cathedral.
· 8 December 2003Canonical erection of the Catholic University
“St. Vincent the Martyr”.
· 8 July 2006Pope Benedict XVI visit.
· 8 February 2007Inauguration of the restored Great Chapel.
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