Vaulted East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, with its elegant high columns and modern windows, Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, by Berenguer de Montagut. Founded to commemorate the Catalan conquest of Sardinia in the reign of Jaume II (1267-1327), its name represents the naval supremacy of the House of Barcelona. It stands on the site of a Roman cemetery (4th-6th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen