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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.
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As of the census [9] of 2010, there were 2,296 people, 917 households, and 634 families living in the village. The population density was 883.1 inhabitants per square mile (341.0/km 2).
The tower section of the building was said to be modeled after the Giralda [3] in Seville, Spain in honor of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. The building was named the Nasby Building in 1895.
La Giralda may refer to: La Giralda (San Juan, Puerto Rico), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places; Alimentos La Giralda, a food company; Giralda, the bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville, in Seville, Spain; Giralda (Kansas City), a tower in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; La Giralda, a building in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA
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.
Seville has an annual average temperature of 19.6 °C (67 °F). The annual average temperature is 25.7 °C (78 °F) during the day and 13.3 °C (56 °F) at night. [78] Seville is located in the Guadalquivir Valley, which is often referred to as "the frying pan of Spain", as it features the hottest cities in the country. [79] [80] [81]
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