1.0Gavilansevilla.com (en)https://gavilansevilla.com/enC. Gavilánhttps://gavilansevilla.com/en/author/carmen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PVkWFoRmQO"><a href="https://gavilansevilla.com/en/the-cathedral-of-seville/">The Cathedral of Seville</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gavilansevilla.com/en/the-cathedral-of-seville/embed/#?secret=PVkWFoRmQO" width="600" height="338" title="“The Cathedral of Seville” — Gavilansevilla.com (en)" data-secret="PVkWFoRmQO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://gavilansevilla.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/sevigliana-tours-cathedral-main-scaled.jpg25601440We’ll make a temple so big that those who see it think we are crazy.  According to legend this is what the Canons of the Cathedral said before starting to build it. The Cathedral is the equivalent of the Alcazar, a building that represents the church. Together they form the perfect duet of the political and religious powers. Their roots go hand in hand, as both were constructed for Muslim kingdoms, as a palace and a mosque, both were transformed by Christian monarchs, knocking down large parts of them and leaving only some samples of their Islamic past. The great temple The Cathedral of Seville is the biggest gothic church in the world. Its construction was a demonstration of both the power and wealth of the Sevillian Church. But before this, it was the Aljama mosque of the city, […]