THE GIRALDA TOWER AND TOWER OF GOLD
LA GIRALDA TOWER Giralda is the name given to the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santa María de la Sede of the city of Seville, in Andalusia (Spain). The lower two thirds of the tower correspond to the minaret of the old mosque of the city, from the late twelfth century, in the Almohad period, while the upper third is a construction superimposed in Christian times to house the bells. At its top there is a ball called a jar on which stands the Giraldillo. The Giralda measures 94.69 meters in height, including the Giraldillo, which measures 7.69 meters.1 It was for centuries the tallest tower in Spain, as well as one of the highest and most famous buildings in Europe (by comparison; the Tower of Pisa measures 55.8 m and the Big Ben 96.3 m). On December 29, 1928 it was declared a National Heritage and in 1987 it integrated the list of World Heritage Sites.2 Its unique and original architecture of exact quadrangular forms, ad...
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