Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Seville Cathedral, 2017

It's said to be the largest Gothic cathedral in the world...
Happily, there doing a cleaning and the facade here affords
a good before/after view


In the entry/museum, a nice head shot of John the Baptist















Unusual view too

Not sure whether the orangery/ablution area is included in the size of the church 

The cathedral's most popular/important possession: the more or less authenticated
tomb of Cristobal Colon; in 2010, it was almost too dark to photograph

Crossing vaulting; about as fancy as it gets; very, very late Gothic

Altar thing...tons of Peruvian gold

Choir

Organ bit

"Walter, they're calling the cops, put the piece away, man"

Tourists fascinated by

A thorn from the Crown of Thorns

Thus

Among the seeming dozens of side chapels

Increible...the fine print at the bottom says that just because
it's in the Guiness book doesn't mean it's true...

Nice tile, with relic inside

Famous Ribera painting

Personally, I think any Spanish Gothic needs to have an asterisk
or maybe quotation marks; there is scarcely enough natural light
in the cathedral here to read

There is great beauty, however

Nave vaulting

Tour guide who seems to have lost his flock

1 comment:

Tawana said...

Your photos bring back such memories! Enjoying journeying with you.