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Why
Seville Cathedral
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The Seville Cathedral's golden altarpiece is awesome and its tall bell tower, the Giralda, is a Moorish architectural masterpiece.
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Construction
The Seville Cathedral was built over a grand mosque. It took just a tad more than a century to build, which is remarkably fast considering its size, complexity and construction era. During the planning stages, an official famously said, "Let's build a church so large that viewers will think we're crazy". It was built large, incredibly so.
Top
attraction
The altarpiece in the main chapel is the Seville Cathedral's finest attraction. It rises 27 meters (90 feet) and its numerous skillfully sculpted wooden statues and other carvings are thickly gilded, making it the world's richest and most dazzling altarpiece.
Ceiling
It's a neck bender. The ceiling of the Seville Cathedral soars as high as a modern 13-story building.
Christopher
Columbus
He is entombed in the Seville Cathedral. This fact was confirmed by recent DNA testing.
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