The story that rests beneath Barcelona’s Cathedral - Beneath the main altar lies one of the most awe-inspiring places in the city: the crypt of Saint Eulalia, patron saint of Barcelona. Inside rests the magnificent polychrome marble Gothic sarcophagus, created by the Pisan sculptor Luppo di Francesco and inaugurated in 1339. Its reliefs depict the life and martyrdom of Eulalia, a brave 13-year-old girl who defied the Roman Empire during Diocletian’s persecution in the year 304. Every carving tel