Sevilla - Torre del Oro and the Sky
by AM FineArtPrints
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Sevilla - Torre del Oro and the Sky
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AM FineArtPrints
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Photograph - Photography
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Sevilla - Torre del Oro and the Sky by Andrea Mazzocchetti
Torre del Oro, the famous Arab tower guard at the river Guadalquivir, in the Andalusian city of Seville, Spain. A jewel of architecture.
This is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain, built by the Almohad dynasty in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river.
Constructed in the first third of the 13th century, the tower served as a prison during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the golden shine it projected on the river, due to its building materials (a mixture of mortar, lime and pressed hay).
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October 5th, 2015
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