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Seville Cathedral was the site of the baptism of Infante Juan of Aragon in 1478, only son of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Its royal chapel holds the remains of the city's conqueror, Ferdinand III of Castile , his son and heir, Alfonso the Wise , and their descendant, King Peter the Cruel .
The most important art collection of Seville is the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville. It was established in 1835 in the former Convent of La Merced . It holds many masterworks by Murillo , Pacheco , Zurbarán , Valdés Leal , and others masters of the Baroque Sevillian School, containing also Flemish paintings of the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Giralda (Spanish: La Giralda [la xiˈɾalda]) is the bell tower of Seville Cathedral in Seville, Spain. [1] It was built as the minaret for the Great Mosque of Seville in al-Andalus, during the reign of the Almohad dynasty, with a Renaissance-style belfry added by the Catholics after the expulsion of the Muslims from the area.
Santa Cruz is bordered by the Jardines de Murillo, the Real Alcázar, Calle Mateos Gago, and Calle Santa María La Blanca/San José. The neighbourhood is the location of many of Seville's oldest churches and is home to the Cathedral of Seville, including the converted minaret of the old Moorish mosque Giralda.
Seville (/ s ə ˈ v ɪ l / sə-VIL; Spanish: Sevilla, pronounced ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
Tomb of Christopher Columbus in the Seville Cathedral (right side of the transept). The inscription on the pedestal reads: "When the island of Cuba emancipated from Mother Spain, Seville obtained the deposit of Columbus's remains, and its city council erected this pedestal." The Tomb of Christopher Columbus is located in the Seville Cathedral ...
Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See: Seville Andalusia: Seville: 1507 [90] UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, as part of the site Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville. [91] Largest gothic cathedral in the world. [92] Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mary: Sigüenza Castile-La Mancha: Sigüenza-Guadalajara: 1169 [93 ...
The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville (Spanish: Real Alcázar de Sevilla or Reales Alcázares de Sevilla), [1] is a historic royal palace in Seville, Spain. It was formerly the site of the Islamic-era citadel of the city, begun in the 10th century and then developed into a larger palace complex by the Abbadid ...