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Sevilla - Cathedral
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Cathedral of Seville was begun in...
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Sevilla - Cathedral
It is the 3rd largest of all cathedrals (Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome...
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Sevilla - Cathedral
It is 76 by 115 meters, and was built to cover the land previously...
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Sevilla - Cathedral
The interior, with the longest nave in Spain, is lavishly decorated, with a...
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Sevilla - cathedral
This opens onto the Capilla Mayor, dominated by a vast Gothic retablo of 45...
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Seville - Cathedral
The builders reused some columns and elements from the mosque, and...
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Sevilla - Cathedral
It is topped with a statue representing Faith. The Giralda is the city's...
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Sevilla - Cathedral - Minaret
This cathedral was built to demonstrate Seville's wealth, as it...
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Sevilla - Cathedral - Minaret
Detail of the bells' mechanism
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Sevilla - Cathedral - Minaret
View from the top. There are no stairs to climb up top. Since the...
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Sevilla - Cathedral - Columbus' tomb
The Cathedral also has a large collection of religious jewelry items,...
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Sevilla - Cathedral - Columbus' tomb
Detail. The coffin is held by 4 knights, symbilizing the 4 most important...
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Sevilla - Cathedral - Columbus' tomb
Detail of the robe of a knight.
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Sevilla - Cathedral
During the planning of the cathedral's construction, a member of...
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Sevilla - Cathedral
It is important to remember that this cathedral was originally a mosque.
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Sevilla - Patio de los Naranjos
The spaniards had these lime trees growing in case of a military...
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Sevilla - Patio de los Naranjos
Detail of a citrus.
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Sevilla
Seville is more than two thousand years old. The passage of the...
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Sevilla
The city was known from early Roman times as "Hispalis". The nearby...
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Sevilla
After successive conquests of the Roman province of Hispania Baetica by the...
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Sevilla
Following the Reconquest, the city's development continued, with the...
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Sevilla
Later, the city experienced another golden age of development brought...
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