Arriving in Seville
05/24/2009
The fourth largest city in Spain and the capital of Andalusia, Seville is the site one of the largest Christian temple in the world. The Cathedral was built atop a Mosque whose minaret was converted into the bell tower, the Giralda (pictured, left), the city’s most famous monument. Inside the Cathedral one can find among other things Christopher Columbus’ tomb as well as a magnificent Retablo Mayor (altarpiece).
Surrounding Seville’s Cathedral, one can visit the Archive of the Indies where the Carlos III decided to store all the documents related to the conquest of the “Indies”, take a stroll through the streets of the once Jewish neighborhood of Santa Cruz, or go to see the Real Alcázar, another expression of Spain’s Moorish influence with its Mudéjar architecture reminiscent of Granada’s Alhambra.
