The
Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia (, ), alternatively known as
Saint Mary's Cathedral or
Valencia Cathedral, is a
Roman Catholic parish church in
Valencia, Spain. It was consecrated in 1238 by the first
bishop of Valencia after the
Reconquista, Pere d'Albalat,
Archbishop of Tarragona, and was dedicated by order of
James I the Conqueror to
Saint Mary. It was built over the site of the former Visigothic cathedral, which under the Moors had been turned into a
mosque. The
Valencian Gothic is the predominant style of this cathedral, although it also contains
Romanesque,
French Gothic,
Renaissance,
Baroque and
Neo-Classical elements.