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Photos of Sevilla's massive gothic cathedral, and adjoining tower, La Giralda.
A juxtaposition of the moorish and the gothic greets visitors at the entrance to Sevilla's cathedral.

Like many churches in southern Spain, this cathedral was built in the site of a mosque. The Catholics were cool with the mosque for 153 years, but once it started to crumble, they scraped most of it, and started over.



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