Seville, Gothic Cathedral - 15
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Seville, Gothic Cathedral - 15
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AM FineArtPrints
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Seville, Gothic Cathedral - 15
Dominating the centre of Seville is the city’s giant Gothic cathedral – the largest of its kind on the planet. As is so often the case in southern Spain, this magnificent tribute to Catholic dominion was built on the site of the city’s former mosque; it was intended not only as a display of the prestige and wealth Seville had accrued by the time of its completion in 1507, but also of the triumph of Christianity over the vanquished Moorish kings.
Construction was a long and laborious process and was not completed until 1507, some 106 years after the cathedral’s plans were first drawn up. Unlike some of Andalusia’s other great Christian churches though, it was actually fully completed.
Inside, the scale is just as over-the-top and extravagant as you’d expect. The central nave is the longest in Spain and reaches a height of 42 metres. In total, this sprawling Gothic complex houses 80 chapels. The Capilla Mayor, or Main Chapel, features what is said to be the largest altar in the world (begun in 1482, it wasn’t completed until 1564) and its many adjoining rooms and smaller chapels contain a number of important art works, such as Goya’s “Santas Justa y Rufina”. Perhaps more famously though, Seville’s cathedral also contains the tomb of Christopher Columbus – the explorer whose discovery of the New World in 1492 was so crucial to Seville’s economic success in the 16th and 17th centuries. (Source: theculturetrip.com)
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