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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.
The Giralda is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville. Its height is 105 m (343 ft) and its square base is 7.0 m (23 ft) above sea level and 13 m (44 ft) long per side. The Giralda is the former minaret of the mosque that stood on the site under Muslim rule, and was built to resemble the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco.
Skyline of Seville from the top of the Giralda. Seville's climate is a very hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), featuring very hot, long, dry summers and mild winters with moderate rainfall. [77] Seville has an annual average temperature of 19.6 °C (67 °F).
La Giralda is in the background, on the left is the bridge of Triana and on the right the Torre del Oro. ... the Hebdomario útil de Seville, ...
South façade of the Cathedral of St. Mary of Seville. The Giralda. The Cathedral of St. Mary was built from 1401 to 1519 after the Reconquista on the former site of the city's mosque. It is among the largest of all medieval and Gothic cathedrals, in terms of both area and volume.
Seville's modern port is in the southern tip of this district, having moved south from the neighbourhood of El Arenal in the Casco Antiguo in the 17th century. Attractions: The Parque de los Príncipes, the Seville Fair, the Puente de San Telmo, the Museo de Carruajes, Los Remedios' tower and the Cuba Square. Neighbourhoods. Tablada; Los Remedios