The church of Santa Catalina Mártir is a religious building built in the 13th century on the site occupied by the remains of an ancient mosque. This building has undergone many changes over time, the most disastrous during the Civil War, so it has numerous later additions inside as well as as with different reforms. Today it is considered Asset of Cultural Interest and is part of the rich religious heritage close to the cathedral.
This temple is composed of three naves with chapels between the side buttresses and a large ambulatory at the head. The most emblematic part of this church is its tower of about fifty-six meters high built by the Viñes brothers between the years 1688 and 1705 in the baroque style prevailing at their time. This hexagonal-shaped building has four floors, a staircase with 128 steps, the body that houses the bells and a stone balustrade with a temple finishing off the whole. The area of the bell tower is the one that presents the greatest ornamentation with Solomonic columns wrapped around each of the edges and above them a ball representing the globe crowned with a weather vane with the symbols of Saint Catherine. On the outside, the flared openings with baroque decoration in each of the sections stand out, the access to the tower through a door that leads to a spiral staircase and the clock built in 1914.< /span>
Monday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. :00 and from 19:00 to 20:00.
Other nearby points of interest are the Lonja of Silk, the Central Market and the Miguelete.