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Cathedral of Seville

File / Documentation
Name

175834_sv.jpg

Size

6.5 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

1b9584efc923930811e227ad1732cd64

Creator(s)
sculptor: altar piece by Pieter Dancart (Dutch, active ca. 1482-1487)
Time period
creation date: La Giralda, remaining minaret from former mosque, begun, 1184/580 AH, destruction date: decision made to destroy former mosque, 1401/803 AH, creation date: construction begun, 1402/804 AH, creation date: completed, 16th century
Location
Site: Seville (Andalucía, Spain)
Cultural context
Spanish
Description
The Great Mosque of Seville was begun in 1172 during the rule of the Almohad caliph Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Mu'min (1163-1184)....Following the Christian conquest of Seville in 1248 the mosque was consecrated for use as the cathedral of Santa Maria de la Sede. Beginning in the early 15th century the mosque was mostly destroyed to make way for a new Gothic cathedral. The plan of the cathedral closely follows the former footprint of the mosque, making it one of the largest churches in the world. The minaret, which is known as the Giralda after the word for the weathervane placed on its summit, was built in 1184.
Source: Archnet
exterior, gothic drainage buttresses and downspout, 1990
Work type
Cathedral
Medium
masonry
stone
Keywords
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Image
Rights
(c) 1990 Kevin Mark Low
Access rights
All rights reserved
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