Sunday, April 14, 2013

A Sevilla!

Overnight excursion with ISA. First we visited the Alcazar (Old moorish palace), then on to the cathedral and la giralda! (big tall thing on right) where muslims used to run up five times a day and call the citizens to prayer. Reconstructed in a very Christian style after it fell to the catholics, now there are a whole bunch of bells up at the top. Note- third biggest gothic cathedral in the world. (the outside is absolutely beautiful. The inside is medium. Though it DOES contain forty grams of DNA certified body-of-Colombus carried in a neat throne by four bronze men. That is a lie, not sure they were bronze).

1 comment:

  1. Charles Martel at the battle of Tours
    In 732 defeated the Moors.

    fr long, long ago history class...

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