Credit: Getty Images When plans for Seville cathedral were drawn up in the early 15th century, the brief was to create a building so beautiful and grand that anyone beholding it would take its ...

Seville, or Sevilla to the locals, is a beautiful city in Southern Spain, and according to a large majority (including me), ...

Seville is all about astonishing architecture, from Gothic and Mudejar (Muslim style, built for Christian rulers), to Renaissance and Baroque, sometimes all in the same building. After you’ve ...

The tapered form of the building is such that when viewed from the Giralda – a significant bell tower that is part of the Seville Cathedral -- the thinnest profile is seen. The sun-shading ...

Shubert also points to the Giralda, the landmark tower of the gothic Seville Cathedral. “It was originally a minaret for the mosque built on that site in the 12th century,” he says.