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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. |
|  | This squat and square gothic beast is the third largest cathedral in the world. |
|  | The sheer size of the building gave designers plenty of space to go crazy with 'dem gothic fixin's. |
|  | La Giralda, the belfry of the cathedral. Built in 1195, it was originally the minaret of the mosque. The lower two-thirds are the original Islamic design; the Catholics added the belfry on top much later. |
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The south side of the massive organ, with a view of the Capilla Mayor
and the retablo behind.
I have another picture of the Capilla Mayor in the extras. |
|  | Murillo's rendering of St. Anthony of Padua. |
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Christopher Columbus' tomb, supported by four statues that
represent the four kingdoms of Spain.
My wild guess is that this guy in the foreground represents Castilla. |
|  | Ceiling. Cool cool. |
|  | The lumpy, almost cake-like roof of the Sacristía Mayor. |
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In Spanish this is known as a custodia. I like the English translation of
'monstrance'.
Yes, your monstrance. Yes yes. This silver paperweight tips the scales at 1047.2 pounds.
A few more cathedral pictures. |
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