Iglesia de Nostra Senyora de Betlem

The church was finished in 1553 in the late-Gothic architectural period. However, after it was damaged by fire in 1671, Josep Luli restored the building using the Roman Gesu (the first Jesuit church in Barcelona) as a model. The main portal includes two sculptures of the founders of the Jesuit movement, San Ignacio de Loyola and San Francisco Javier, alongside Solomonic columns, moldings and baroque ornamentation. The splendid baroque interior was destroyed by fire and vandalism during the civil war in 1936.

Mass is celebrated Mon-Fri at 8am, 11am, 1.15pm & 8pm; Sat, 8am, 9am, 11am, 1.15pm & 8.15pm; Sun, 9.30am, 11am, midday, 1pm, 7pm & 8.15pm. Mass is said in Catalan except for at 11am on weekdays and Sundays at 11am, 1pm & 8.15pm when it is said in Spanish.

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