Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See Catedral de Santa María de la Sede
View of the southeastern side of the Cathedral
Location
Seville
Country
Spain
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Website
www.catedraldesevilla.es
History
Status
Cathedral
Consecrated
1507
Architecture
Functional status
Active
Architectural type
Church
Style
Gothic, Moorish, and Renaissance
Groundbreaking
1402
Completed
1519
Specifications
Length
135 m (443 ft)
Width
100 m (330 ft)
Nave width
15 m (49 ft)
Height
42 m (138 ft)
Number of spires
1
Spire height
105 m (344 ft)
Administration
Archdiocese
Seville
Clergy
Archbishop
José Ángel Saiz Meneses
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
Type
Cultural
Criteria
i, ii, iii, vi
Designated
1987 (11th session), modified 2010
Reference no.
383bis-001
Region
Europe and North America
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name
Catedral de Santa María de la Sede de Sevilla
Type
Real property
Criteria
Monument
Designated
29 December 1928
Reference no.
(R.I.) - 51 - 0000329 - 00000
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (Spanish: Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville Cathedral (Catedral de Sevilla), is a Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain.[1] It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the adjoining Alcázar palace complex and the General Archive of the Indies.[2] It is one of the largest churches in the world as well as the largest Gothic church.[3]
After its completion in the early 16th century, Seville Cathedral supplanted Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the Byzantine church had held for a thousand years.[4] The Gothic section alone has a length of 126 m (413 ft), a width of 76 m (249 ft), and its maximum height in the center of the transept is 42 m (138 ft). The total height of the Giralda tower from the ground to the weather vane is 104.5 m (342 ft 10 in). The Archbishop's Palace is located on the northeastern side of the cathedral.
Seville Cathedral was the site of the baptism of Infante Juan of Aragon in 1478, only son of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Its royal chapel holds the remains of the city's conqueror, Ferdinand III of Castile, his son and heir, Alfonso the Wise, and their descendant, King Peter the Cruel. The funerary monuments for cardinals Juan de Cervantes and Pedro González de Mendoza are located among its chapels. Christopher Columbus and his son Diego are also buried in the cathedral.[5]
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^"The other Europe: Cinque Terre, Bruges, Rothenburg, Edinburgh, Seville". Dallas Morning News. 31 May 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
^Colin Lawson; Robin Stowell, eds. (16 February 2012). The Cambridge History of Musical Performance. Cambridge University Press. p. 590. ISBN 978-1-316-18442-4.
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^"Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
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