La Giralda Seville
** Another architectural jewel from Seville this is a little older than the Setas de Sevilla .For me personally this was undoubtably this most beautiful structure in Seville. I took this quite early in the morning the low angled sun caught the details quite well i think
The most Iconic building in Seville, the magnificent Giralda was the tallest building in the city for over 800 years, dominating the skyline at 103m. Originally built in 1195 as the minaret of the Aljama mosque, it is now the bell-tower of the cathedral, and is recognised as World Heritage by UNESCO.
The name Giralda means "she who turns" - girar is to turn in Spanish, after the weather vane on top of the tower, a statue representing faith called El Giraldillo.
The minaret was the culmination of Almohad architecture and served as a model for those at the dynasty's imperial capitals of Rabat and Marrakesh. It was used both for calling the faithful to prayer (the traditional function of a minaret) and as an observatory. The Giralda was highly venerated by the Moorish rulers, who wanted to destroy the minaret before the Christian conquest of the city in 1248, rather than have it used for a religion other than Islam, but were prevented by the threat of King Alfonso X that "if they removed a single stone, they would all be put the sword".
The structure took 12 years to build and derives its simply beauty from the shadows formed by b Moolocks of brick trellis work, different on each side, and relieved by a succession of arched niches and windows. In its days as a minaret, the tower had three or four copper balls on top of the square structure, of decreasing size, topped by a crescent moon.
This ornamentation was destroyed in an earthquake after the city's reconquest, in the mid-14th century, and replaced by a small bell-tower and cross. In the 16th century the current bell-tower with its four storeys and weather vane was added, producing a strange hybrid of Moorish and Renaissance architecture.
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La Giralda Seville
** Another architectural jewel from Seville this is a little older than the Setas de Sevilla .For me personally this was undoubtably this most beautiful structure in Seville. I took this quite early in the morning the low angled sun caught the details quite well i think
The most Iconic building in Seville, the magnificent Giralda was the tallest building in the city for over 800 years, dominating the skyline at 103m. Originally built in 1195 as the minaret of the Aljama mosque, it is now the bell-tower of the cathedral, and is recognised as World Heritage by UNESCO.
The name Giralda means "she who turns" - girar is to turn in Spanish, after the weather vane on top of the tower, a statue representing faith called El Giraldillo.
The minaret was the culmination of Almohad architecture and served as a model for those at the dynasty's imperial capitals of Rabat and Marrakesh. It was used both for calling the faithful to prayer (the traditional function of a minaret) and as an observatory. The Giralda was highly venerated by the Moorish rulers, who wanted to destroy the minaret before the Christian conquest of the city in 1248, rather than have it used for a religion other than Islam, but were prevented by the threat of King Alfonso X that "if they removed a single stone, they would all be put the sword".
The structure took 12 years to build and derives its simply beauty from the shadows formed by b Moolocks of brick trellis work, different on each side, and relieved by a succession of arched niches and windows. In its days as a minaret, the tower had three or four copper balls on top of the square structure, of decreasing size, topped by a crescent moon.
This ornamentation was destroyed in an earthquake after the city's reconquest, in the mid-14th century, and replaced by a small bell-tower and cross. In the 16th century the current bell-tower with its four storeys and weather vane was added, producing a strange hybrid of Moorish and Renaissance architecture.
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