Visit La Giralda
If you come to Sevilla one of the must is La Giralda, the cathedral of the city. Giralda is precisely the name given to the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santa Maria and no one can leave town without knowing it.
A relevant fact is that the lower two thirds of the tower correspond to the minaret of the old mosque of the city, from the late twelfth century, in the Almohad period, while the upper third is a shot in the Christian era added to house the bells .
La Giralda reaches 101 meters in height taking into account the Giraldillo, a bronze sculpture that has the role of vane and is the largest in the European Renaissance. Located on a ball called jar.
The most important of La Giralda which consists of several bodies which have nevertheless succeeded in establishing itself as a harmonious whole, which also accounts for the many cultural heritages of the city. Even for the construction of the Muslim body took the remains of some buildings and stalls of the Roman Hispalis, because we find in them several entries in Latin.
La Giralda was built as a beacon of the mosque between 1184 and 1198, so it is an ancient building is still in perfect condition until today and it is also the Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and declared by UNESCO. It was completed in 1558 with the addition of the belfry.
The visit to La Giralda takes about an hour, and costs 8 euros, although some exceptions can be found here as well as days and times when it is made.
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