Seville Cathedral, Spain
Seville Cathedral or Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See is a Roman Catholic Cathedral located on Plaza Virgen de los Reyes of Seville in Spain. The third largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the world and the largest Medieval Gothic religious building was built on the site of a former mosque between 1402 and 1506.
The design of the magnificent cathedral wanted to demonstrate the power and wealth of Seville after the Reconquista. Almost all signs of the former mosque are gone except for the Giralda (originally a minaret) which was converted into a bell tower and the Moorish entrance court. Seville Cathedral houses valuable artworks by Goya, Murillo and Zurbarán, 15th century stained-glass windows, religious jewelry items, the largest altar in the world which features 45 scenes from the life of Christ and the remains of Christopher Columbus which were transfered to Seville from the Havana Cathedral after the Cuban revolution in 1902 although some historians believe that wrong relics have been brought in Seville and that remains of Christopher Columbus are actually in the Columbus Lighthouse in Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic.
Together with the Citadel and General Archive of the Indies, Seville Cathedral was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1987.
