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Seville Cathedral’s Gothic south-east side and the Giralda bell tower, with horse carriages in the square.
The south-east side, with the Giralda. Photo: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Place · Cathedral

Seville Cathedral

The largest Gothic cathedral, built on the site of the city’s twelfth-century great mosque, whose minaret became the Giralda.

Location
Seville, Spain
Building
Cathedral (archdiocesan see); built on the site of the Almohad great mosque
Tradition
Roman Catholic
Religious use
In use as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Seville.
Official website
Seville Cathedral

Map Building location: Apple Maps · Google Maps — the building, not a confirmed visitor entrance.

Seville Cathedral is one of the largest churches in the world and the largest Gothic cathedral. It was inscribed in 1987 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the Alcázar and the Archive of the Indies, and holds the tomb of Christopher Columbus.

In the Atlas

Each paragraph says whether it is documented history, a tradition handed down, or disputed.

  • Documented

    The Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf ordered a new great mosque for the city in 1172; it was dedicated in 1182. Shortly after Ferdinand III conquered Seville in 1248, the mosque was converted into the city’s cathedral.

  • Documented

    From 1401 it was replaced by the present Gothic cathedral, completed in 1506–07. Its royal chapel holds the remains of Ferdinand III and of his son Alfonso X.

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  • Reference work · Read in a build session

    Seville Cathedral — Wikipedia (English)

    Read on 28 Oct 2026 at revision 1372575212, fetched by the research workflow (research/fetched/places/seville-cathedral/wikipedia.txt). A general reference work, not a scholarly source; the statements here were checked against it.

  • Reference work · Read in a build session

    Wikidata item Q231606 (Seville Cathedral) — Wikidata

    Read on 28 Oct 2026: instance of, religion, diocese, coordinates and official website.