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Cathedral of Seville
Nov. 2nd, 2009 11:01 pmOn Monday, when the weather was warm and sunny, we toured the Cathedral of Seville. It's the third-largest cathedral in the world, and the largest Gothic-styled building in the world.
This is looking over the Cathedral, at the top of the bell tower. The tower is called La Giralda. Before there was a church here, there was a mosque. This tower was originally the minaret, from which the imams called the worshippers to prayer. After the mosque was abandoned, they knocked it down to build this church. The minaret, however was retained (presumably because it was too well-built to be knocked down!), and they added the belltower part to the top.
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It look me several hours last night to fix up these pictures, and nearly an hour tonight to upload them and make this post. Next, I'll do the inside of the cathedral, and after that, I'll do a set of pictures of la Giralda itself.
This is looking over the Cathedral, at the top of the bell tower. The tower is called La Giralda. Before there was a church here, there was a mosque. This tower was originally the minaret, from which the imams called the worshippers to prayer. After the mosque was abandoned, they knocked it down to build this church. The minaret, however was retained (presumably because it was too well-built to be knocked down!), and they added the belltower part to the top.
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It look me several hours last night to fix up these pictures, and nearly an hour tonight to upload them and make this post. Next, I'll do the inside of the cathedral, and after that, I'll do a set of pictures of la Giralda itself.
