The Slow Road
Two Women Wandering the World
Like many churches in southern Spain, the cathedral in Seville was built on the location of a former mosque. In this entry way, Christian saints flank a Moorish-style arch.
Moorish-style metalwork on the main door of the cathedral
Seville's most famous landmark is the Giralda, a 12th-century minaret converted into the cathedral's bell tower
A fountain and the Giralda in the main plaza outside the cathedral
Horses and carriages wait outside the cathedral for tourists wanting rides
The tomb of a 15th-century bishop in Seville's cathedral
The cathedral has dozens of chapels, most covered by iron grilles and full of carved altars and paintings
The 19th-century tomb of Christopher Columbus, where the explorer's bones were laid to rest after being brought from Cuba in 1898
The tomb in front of a huge painting of Columbus as St. Christopher, carrying the Christ child over oceans
Gothic carving on the ceiling of the cathedral
The grand organ
The carved ceiling of the 16th-century sacristy
The ceiling of the chapter house, done in a very different 16th-century style than the sacristy
The chapter house's oval dome (a tough thing to build)
Huge iron grilles with gates are a feature of Spanish churches
A very Baroque chapel in the cathedral
Carved wooden choir stalls and a four-sided lectern in the center of the cathedral
The cathedral's main altar, carved in the 1400s and 1500s, is wood covered with gold leaf and more than 200 statues
When gold and silver from the New World flowed into Spain, this is where some of it went
The largest iron grille in the cathedral protects the main altar
A pulpit next to the main altar
The archbishop's palace next to the cathedral
