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Dedicated to Saint Mary, the city's cathedral was built on approximately the same site of what was once the Roman temple.

Construction began in the 12th century in the Romanesque style and continued throughout the Gothic period. The building was consecrated in 1331.

The soaring entrance and rose window of its façade are one of the city’s most emblematic images. At the cloister entrance, visitors will also find the Diocesan Museum and spectacular Santa Tecla altarpiece.

The cloister’s sculpture work is one of the most pre-eminent examples of Romanesque art in Catalonia and dates back to the turn of the 13th century.

As for the Diocesan Museum, special attention should be called to the collections of mediaeval and modern religious art from Tarragona and its diocese, including altarpieces, stone sculptures and wood carvings, goldwork, wrought-iron work, textiles, coins, ceramics, etc.