I woke up and I could feel my legs aching from yesterday’s long day of walking. There were still some key sights to cover though, and I realised my day out was not as eventful as yesterday, as I ended up having to take countless of breaks while visiting each sight.
Reales Alcazares
There was a long queue snaking to get into the building when I was there, and probably the best time to visit would be early in the morning or later part in the evening to avoid the crowds.
I spent about 2 hours in this building alone… A beautiful palace in Mudejar (Moorish) style built in the XIV Century. It has myriads of rooms, extravagant architecture muslim and catholic influence, lavish gardens with many courtyards, ponds and secrets to be explored.
It was also in this building that Christopher Columbus journey to America was planned.
A UNESCO World Heritage site, it is Europe’s oldest Royal Palace that is still in use as the King and Queen will stay in this building when visiting the city.
Cathedral & Giralda
It is the world’s largest Gothic temple and the third largest of the Christendom. Declared National Monument and UNESCO World Heritage, Seville’s 15th century cathedral occupies the site of the former great Almohade mosque built in the late 12th century.
The central nave rises to over 37 metres over a total area of 11,520 square metres.
The Cathedral is the final resting place of the remains of Christopher Columbus. The building also contains a lot of treasures and countless paintings, which is considered as the city’s second leading art gallery.
The La Giralda, located within the Cathedral is reached by climbing 34 ramps up to the top that holds the bell tower, and provides an amazing view of the city.
Church of Plaza del Savaldor
This was a free admission due to the purchase of ticket for the Cathedral. Wouldn’t have found out that I was given a free entry if not for the informative tourist information centre that had visited earlier today.
There are just soooo many churches in Seville alone, that after the visit to this Church, I decided that I have had enough churches for the time being and will not be visiting any more in Seville.
Space Metropol Parasol
This is an extremely interesting piece of artwork! Apparently this was just recently completed, and thanks to the informative lady at the visitor information centre, shared with me on this attraction.
Trivial fact : The wooden structure measures 150m long by 70m wide, and almost 30m high. It also contains 3,500 pieces joined by nearly 3,000 knots and 16 millions of nails and screws, and comprises 3,500 cbm in gross of micro laminated finnish pine wood coated by waterproof, breathable and flexible polyurethane.
It also houses a museum underground, and there is suppose to also be a walkway 250m long that stats at 21 metres above ground.
Unfortunately they were already closed by the time I got there and could only admire the architecture from the outside.
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