Today we visited the Cathedral of Seville and the La Giralda Bell Tower. It’s the largest cathedral in the world, it’s astonishing just how massive it really is, considering parts of it were constructed close to 900 years ago, and completed as a church about 500 years ago. It started off as a mosque during the moorish period. In reality it’s just another massive European Catholic church, but I couldn’t get over just how much stonework and masonry skill must have gone into its construction. The stained glass windows are super impressive as well and most of them are the originals.
The bell tower started its life as a minaret attached to the mosque before it was converted to a bell tower when it was converted to a church. We climbed to the top, there is no lift. I was not really looking forward to climbing 30 stories of stairs, but it’s actually a ramp and is a lot easier than I imagined.
Other interesting note of that Christopher Columbus is supposedly buried there. I say supposedly as the jury is out on if it’s truly his remains, apparently recent DNA testing was inconclusive.
The view from the tower is supposed to be great but it was wet and raining (as well as bone chilling cold) so we didn’t get to see a lot.
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