Seville Cathedral (Jan 19, 2025)

Our second day in Seville was a busy one.  We started at the Torre de Oro, or Tower of Gold.  It was built in the 12th century by the Almohad Caliphate to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir River.

The tower at street level

View from the top.  The skyscraper is the Sevilla Tower, the seventh tallest in Spain.

There is a small maritime museum inside the tower, which was pretty interesting.

Nautical chart of South America, print of an engraving by Felipe Bauzá, 1798.  I took this photo because the Falklands are labeled the Malvinas (you'll have to zoom into see it).

Figurehead of the dispatch vessel Giralda

After a quick lunch and some walking around, we got on the tram to go to Seville Cathedral, one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in the world.

A view from the outside.

Fe outside the Gate of the Assumption

Another view of the cathedral

Archbishop's Palace

Main Altarpiece

Side Altar

Columbus' Tomb.  His remains have been in the cathedral since 1899 (he was moved around a lot).

Lectern in the Choir Room

Rose Window

Choir Organ

Altar of the Virgin of Antigua, showing the vaulted ceiling and artwork.

Trascoro (Retro Choir)

Tenebrarium (candlabrum)

Altar of the Jubilee

Bell Tower

Fe in the Orange Tree Courtyard

The cathedral is huge--we took a lot of pictures, but there was so much to see and so many details that (again) the pictures don't do this place justice.  Our tickets cost 18 EUR apiece, but I think they were worth it.  We could have spent even more on them, but didn't so there were things we did not see. 

Our reward for a long day--mango gelatto for Fe, coffee for me.

Flamenco dancer outside our restaurant during dinner.

I'm really glad we did this today since rain is forecast for tomorrow.  We'll see how bad it is.