Cathedral of the Sea (TV series)

In the fourteenth century, Barcelona under the Crown of Aragon is in one of the most prosperous moments of its history: the city has grown up to the Ribera, a humble fishing district, where the church of Santa María del Mar is being built. In this context a serf, Arnau Estanyol, arrives in Barcelona after fleeing with his father from the abuses of the feudal lords.

Arnau works as stable boy, bastaix and soldier, and then becomes a free man. His social ascent will lead him from misery to a comfortable life as a money changer, which will awaken the envy of his enemies, who will plot a conspiracy and will put his life in the hands of the Inquisition.[2][3][4]

• Aitor Luna as Arnau Estanyol.[5][6]
  • Hugo Arbués as Arnau Estanyol (child).
• Daniel Grao as Bernat Estanyol, Arnaus' father.[5][6]
• Abel Vitón as Loco Estanyol, Bernat's father.
• Nathalie Poza as Francesca Esteve, Arnaus' mother.[5][6]
  • Natalia de Molina as Francesca Esteve (young).[5][6]
• David Venancio Muro as Pere Esteve, Francesca's father.
• Ana Labordeta as Francesca's mother.
• Ariadna Castellano as María Cardona, Arnau's first wife.[6]
• Silvia Abascal as Elionor, Arnau's second wife.[5]
• Pablo Derqui as Joan "Joanet" Estanyol, Bernat's adopted son.[5]
  • Álvaro Villaespesa as Joan (child).
• Laura Domínguez as Joana, Joan's birth mother.
• Francisco José Lahoz as Oriol, Joan's birth father.
• Michelle Jenner as Mar, Arnau's adopted daughter.[5]
  • Patricia Arbués as Mar (child).
• Jorge Usón as Felip de Ponts, Mar's first husband.
• Jaume Solà as Bernat, Arnau's and Mar's son.
• Andrea Duro as Aledis, Arnau's lover.[5]
• Joaquín Notario as Gastó Segura, Aledis' father, a tanner.
• Veki Velilla as Alesta Segura, Aledis' sister.
• Fernando Sansegundo as Pau, Aledis' husband and Gastó's master tanner.
• Montse Peidro as Eulalia, Aledis's mother
• Juanma Cifuentes as Miquel, Arnau and Joan's landlord.
• Trinidad Iglesias as Marina, Arnau and Joan's landlady.
• Josep Maria Pou as Sahat, Arnau's Moor freed slave.[5]
• Belén Ponce de León as Donaha, Arnau's housekeeper.
• Ginés García Millán as Grau Puig, Bernat's brother-in-law and employer.[5]
• Nora Navas as Guiamona, Bernat's sister and Grau Puig's first wife.[5]
• Eva Rufo as Isabel, Grau Puig's second wife.[5]
• Críspulo Cabezas as Genis Puig, Grau's and Guiamona's eldest son.[5]
• Anna Moliner as Margarida Puig, Grau's and Guiamona's daughter.[5][6]
  • Lucía Díez as Margarida Puig (child).[6]
• Óscar Rabadán as Jaume, supervisor in Grau Puig's workshop.[6]
• Ali El Aziz as Ahmed, slave in Grau Puig's workshop.
• Julia Carnero as Habiba, slave in Grau Puig's household.
• Ramon Madaula as Hasdai Crescas, Jewish money changer.[5]
• Paula Iwasaki as Raquel Crescas, Hasdai's daughter.
  • Anna Cortés as Raquel Crescas (child).
• Igor Szpakowski, Jucef Crescas, Hasdai's son.
  • Alejandro Fuertes as Jucef Crescas (child).
• Tristán Ulloa as Padre Albert, local priest.[5]
• Fernando Sendino as Berenguer de Montagut, architect of Santa Maria del Mar.
• Andrés Lima as Ramón, María Cardona's father and a bastaix.[5]
• Roser Pujol as Maria's mother
• Jordi Aguilar as Cesc, a bastaix.
• José Milán as Jordi, a bastaix.
• Pablo Olewski as Ramiro Terrasa, a bastaix.
• Kai Puig as Mallorquí, a bastaix.
• Mario de la Rosa as Narcís, a bastaix.
• Fernando Valdivielso as Josep, a bastaix.
• Alain Hernández as Llorenç de Bellera, Bernat's feudal lord in Navarcles.[6]
• Jorge Kent as soldier of Llorenç de Bellera.
• Jonás Berami as Simó, blacksmith of Llorenç de Bellera.
• Iñaki Font as Jaume de Bellera, Llorenç's son.
• Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Nicolau Emeric, Grand Inquisitor of Aragon.[5]
• Albert Prat as Inquisitor.
• Francesc Lucchetti as Inquisitor.
• Tacho González as King Pedro of Aragon.
• Joaquín Gómez as Perellós, royal advisor.
• Fernando Soto as Ferrán Montaner, Arnau's Captain during the war.
• Iria del Río as Blanca.
• Pepo Oliva as Pere.

Produced by Atresmedia Televisión in collaboration with Diagonal TV, La Catedral del Mar A.I.E and Televisió de Catalunya,[7] it premiered on 23 May 2018 on Antena 3. The original broadcasting run ended on 18 July 2018.[8] It averaged a good 17.4% audience share.[9]

The series sparked a sequel, Heirs to the Land.[1]

• Santa Maria del Mar, the cathedral under construction which serves as background for the plot

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