The Seville Cathedral Photos From Ground Level

The tomb of Christopher

Columbus.  Carried by

four pallbearers (statues,

not live people).

The Monstrance (until a few

years ago, I'd never heard of a

Monstrance).  It's the massive

 silver structure for showing

the communion wafer, and

is also used to parade the wafer

through Seville during

Corpus Christi festivities.

At 80 feet high, this wall of

gold is considered the

largest altarpiece ever made.

I'm not arguing with that.

One of the 44 scenes on the

altarpiece telling the story

of Jesus and Mary.

Ceiling of the Cathedral.

More of a close-up of the Tomb of Columbus.

He's still loved in Italy, Spain, and the

Soprano household.

Carol in the Court of the

Orange Trees, the entry way

to the Cathedral.  We climbed

the Giralda.  It's ramps, not

stairs, because men rode

horses or donkeys up for the

call to Muslim prayer.

The ramp makes it easier on

the knees than stairs would be.