SEVILLE A Gothic City in the South. SEVILLE GENERAL INFORMATION Seville is the main city of the Southern Region of Spain, Andalusia Population of the.

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SEVILLE A Gothic City in the South

SEVILLE GENERAL INFORMATION Seville is the main city of the Southern Region of Spain, Andalusia Population of the city: inhbts. City grew around Guadalquivir River

BRIEF SEVILLE HISTORY Seville was one of the most important cities of the Taifa’s Kingdoms It was conquered in 1248 by Christian army, and Seville joined Castile The height of the city began when it became the main harbor before the Discovery of America

CONTEMPORARY HISTORY After these Golden Centuries, the city lost population The recovery became in the XIX century In 1929, it held the Iberoamerican Exhibition Seville grew along the XX century One of the most relevant years was 1992, the city held a World Fair that changed the town planning

GOTHIC CATHEDRAL “We will build a cathedral, which the one who sees it could think we were crazy” (Canons of Seville, 1401)

The Muslim Mosque and the new religious building The original cathedral plan was an Almohade mosque, it was finished in 1198 Some of muslim remains are in the Orange Trees Patio (Patio de los Naranjos) The christian conquest changed the mosque, turning it into a cathedral The work began in 1433 and the most influential European artists were called to the city

Giralda The main tower of the building is the Giralda, an Almohade construction (XII century) On the top of it you can find the clocher, it was added in XVI century Nowadays, the Giralda is the city’s symbol

The heart of the building The plant of the mosque was used to build the Cathedral, adding new rooms You can find some relevant parts in Seville’s Cathedral: Columbus Tomb, gothic doors…

Thanks to the vaults, the religious building was finished in 70 years. There are a lot of kinds of them: diagonal arch ribs, with spine… Saint Isidro’s Chapel Vaults are the most important ones

Pinnacles are on the ceiling of the Cathedral, some of them are from XV century (simples) and others from XVI c. (complex) It’s allowed to visit the ceiling and see the pinnacles with snail style

Divine Doors Perdón Door: One of the doors of the ancient mosque, redecorated in Plateresque Style Concepción Door: The entrance to the Naranjos Patio, it was known as Red Door until 1915

Palos Door: This door is on the base of the Giralda, where brotherhoods go out during Holly Week Campanilla Door: One of the Renaissance Style doors, it’s now the entrance to the Royal Chapel

Príncipe Door: It was the entrance to Seville’s market, but the present appearance is from XIX century. It’s the entrance for tourists Asunción Door: This door was finished in XIX century, and the name comes from the tympanum (The Assumption)

small things are really great In this cathedral there are 138 stained glass windows, in Gothic (Enrique Alemán), Renaissance (XVI century, Jean Jacques) and Barroque-Neoclassical Styles

The Giraldillo This bronze sculpture is a weather vane, on top of the Giralda. It was made in Renaissance style. It is very appreciated by the inhabitants of the city.

Other buildings visited in Seville Torre del Oro Tower next to the river. It was part of the ancient walls of the city. It was built by the Muslims.

Triana’s Bridge It was built in XIX century. It’s the oldest iron bridge in Spain.

La Adriática It was built in the first decades of XX century. It was built in Neo-Mudéjar style, recovering medieval architecture of Al-Andalus.

Thanks everybody for visiting us. We hope you have enjoyed your journey. See you soon.

Tracklist: -Hossana in Excelsis (Óscar Navarro) -Corpus Christi (Braulio Uralde) These compositions, called “marchas”, are played during the Holly Week processions in Andalusia.