Andalusia 2019 - Part 5 - Seville Cathedral

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After the Alcazar, we went on to Seville Cathedral.















We went inside. No photos because I tend not to inside churches. (Not without explicit permission, holy sites are holy etc)

So you will have to rely on websites for the indoor pictures. The big highlight is the tomb of Christopher Columbus (https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tomb-of-christopher-columbus) which is full of symbolism.

(In a statement to annoy L. the Assassin's Creed film did a very good job of recreating the inside)

I then walked up to the top of the Giralda bell tower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giralda). I cannot comment on whether the walkways are big enough to walk horses up and down, as the story goes, but they certainly were broader and were flat not stairs, so far easier to climb.



Meet the Lizard of Seville

Allegedly a real crocodile was a gift from the Sultan of Egypt for Alfonso X. It has been replaced with a wooden model since then.

From about mid way up

View from about the top:


View back to the alcazar




Another view from the top