Venue Consolat de Mar

But it was not until the reign of Jaume III – as a minor under the regency of his uncle, in 1236 – that the king names two consuls to carry out this duty. Later, King Pere the Ceremonious renovated it in the year 1344, following the pattern of the first consulate, in Valencia, which had been established since 1283. 

The Consulado de Mar and the Colegio de Mercaderes (Merchants’ Association) maintained close links, especially after the regulations laid down by King Martí the Humane in 1409. Their activity gave the city the monumental ensemble formed by La Lonja, the chapel of La Lonja – started in the mid-16th century – and the headquarters of the Consulado de Mar, the latter a Baroque work. 

The façade of the building has three storeys. On the main floor there is a gallery with five segmented arches with ringed columns and a balustrade; five doorways with triangular pediments open up in the gallery. On the side facing La Lonja stands the old chapel of La Lonja, in late Gothic style, completed in the year 1600.