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Cathedral of the Sea

★ 7.5 6K votes 2018–2018 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Antena 3
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 10/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 8/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 8/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Susana G. EstebanJordi AguilarAitor LunaSusana BallesterosPablo DerquiGinés García Millán
Starring
Susana G. EstebanJordi AguilarAitor LunaSusana BallesterosPablo DerquiGinés García Millán
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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"A serf's rise, a city's cruelty"

Set in medieval Barcelona as the great church of Santa Maria del Mar rises stone by stone, this Spanish period drama follows a serf's son who claws his way from bondage toward wealth and standing, only to find the city's merchants, nobles, and the Inquisition all have knives out for him. It's a lush, slow-building saga heavy on class struggle, betrayal, and long-simmering revenge, carried by handsome production design and a genuinely satisfying rags-to-power arc rather than fast plotting.

Watch it for

the sweeping rags-to-riches story set against real medieval Barcelona history and architecture.

Maybe skip if

you want brisk pacing rather than a slow, novelistic unfolding of decades.

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All Seasons

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Miniseries2018
7.51K85h 35m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Fugitivos7.3
24061 min
▶2Hermanos7.5
193—
▶3Deseo7.4
17856 min
▶4Arrepentíos7.5
16354 min
▶5No somos como ellos7.7
160—
▶6Secretos7.5
15454 min
▶7Venganza7.6
15554 min
▶8Condenado8.0
17656 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Susana G. Esteban Elionor, Arnau niño
Jordi Aguilar Cesc
Aitor Luna Arnau Estanyol
Susana Ballesteros Joven Mar, Francesca
Pablo Derqui Joan
Ginés García Millán Grau Puig
Silvia Abascal Elionor
Tristán Ulloa Padre Albert
Andrea Duro Aledis
Críspulo Cabezas Genís Puig

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