CATHEDRAL
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Renaissance style cathedral with a central silver tabernacle and 2 colossal organ cases
It was built on the site of the Great Mosque at the wish of Isabel the Catholic. Work began in 1523, but the last stone was not laid until 1704. The main architects were Diego de Siloé and Alonso Cano. Of its many facades, the oldest, in Renaissance style, is the one to the east (puerta del Colegio). It was designed by Diego de Siloé, as were the north facade and its two doors (puerta del Perdón and puerta de San Jerónimo). The main façade (1667), by Alonso Cano, is to the south. Inside (what a contrast with the outside!), there are five naves surrounded by chapels, with an ambulatory behind the Capilla Mayor. The luminosity is particularly striking! The Capilla Mayor, all in white and gold, is one of the gems of Spanish architecture, with its splendid stained-glass windows. Semicircular in plan, it is 45 m high. The central tabernacle is in silver on a green marble base. In the central nave, there are two colossal organ cases. Maríana Pineda and Alonso Cano are buried here. In the evening, the plaza Correo Viejo, near the forecourt, is often the setting for concerts or meetings with young acrobats.
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Il est vraiment dommage de devoir payer pour entrer dans un édifice religieux, construit grâce à la foi du peuple, avec sa sueur et souvent son sang !
grande cathédrale blanche, richement décorée
Chars "parqués " à l'intérieur, dans les effluves d'encens
NB : je recommande plus la chapelle royale
Sur place, on reçoit aussi un audioguide pour la visite dans sa langue.