What is Valencia Cathedral?
{{Infobox religious building | building_name = Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia | image = Cimbori_almoina_abril 1.jpg | caption = Northern View | location = [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], [[Spain]] | geo = {{coord|39|28|33|N|0|22|30|W|display=inline,title|region:ES-VC_type:landmark_source:dewiki}} | religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic]] | status = [[Cathedral]], [[minor basilica]] | website = {{URL|http://www.catedraldevalencia.es}} | architecture_style = [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] | groundbreaking = 22 June 1262 | completed = 9 October 1238 }} [[File:Porta apòstols maigb.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Western View (Our Lady Square): Apostles Gate, ''cimbori'' and ''Obra Nova'']] The '''Cathedral of Valencia''' (Metropolitan Basilica Cathedral) is dedicated to [[Saint Mary]]. The church was started in 1238 by the first [[bishop]] of [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] [[Pere d'Albalat]]. It was built on a [[mosque]]. The mosque had been built where the former [[Visigothic]] cathedral had stood.<ref>A former pagan temple from ancient [[Rome]] existed in the place where there was the Visigothic cathedral</ref> A [[Mediterranean]] version of [[Gothic architecture]] is the main style of this cathedral. The cathedral also contains [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]], [[French Gothic architecture|French Gothic]], [[Renaissance art]], [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] and [[neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] elements. There are several [[chalice]]s that are claimed to be the [[Holy Grail]] spread over the world. One of them is in a chapel of the Cathedral. Several [[Christian]] historians claim that the one in the chapel is most likely the [[authentic]] cup used at the [[Last Supper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valenciavalencia.com/sights-guide/holy-grail-valencia.htm|title=The Holy Grail (Santo Caliz) in the Cathedral of Valencia, Spain|website=www.val