Editing Seville (section)

=== Churches ===
[[File:Giralda de Sevilla 5.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|The [[Giralda]], originally built by the [[Almohad Caliphate|Almohads]] as a minaret to the Great Mosque of Seville, is now the bell tower of the cathedral.]]
The Seville Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, is considered the largest Gothic cathedral in the world and one of the largest cathedrals in the world.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quick |first=P. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9MnDwAAQBAJ&dq=seville+cathedral+largest&pg=PT40 |title=A Guide to Seville: Five Walking Tours |publisher=Andrews UK Limited |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-78538-646-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wertheimer |first=Lester |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jeSoxaoOqOQC&dq=seville+cathedral+largest&pg=PA48 |title=Architectural History |publisher=Kaplan AEC Architecture |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7931-9380-6 |page=48 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&dq=seville+cathedral+largest+-fodor&pg=PA517 |title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-59884-204-3 |editor-last=Melton |editor-first=J. Gordon |volume=2 |page=517 |language=en |editor-last2=Baumann |editor-first2=Martin}}</ref> Incorporating parts of the city's former main mosque that was built under the Almohads in the 12th century, the current building is a massive Gothic structure begun after 1401 and finished in 1506, with additional reconstruction occurring between 1511 and 1519.<ref name="Hourihane-2012">{{Cite book |last= |first= |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&dq=seville+cathedral+encyclopedia&pg=RA3-PA268 |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-19-539536-5 |editor-last=Hourihane |editor-first=Colum |pages=570–571 |language=en |chapter=Seville}}</ref> The church contains a number of important tombs, including one of the two claimed burial places of Christopher Columbus,<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmmMCwAAQBAJ&dq=seville+cathedral+columbus+tomb&pg=PA80 |title=The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia |publisher=Springer |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-349-12573-9 |editor-last=Beding |editor-first=Silvio A. |page=80 |language=en}}</ref> as well as many important artworks, including the largest [[retable]] (altarpiece) in Spain.<ref name="Hourihane-2012" /> A number of later additions, mostly in [[Plateresque]] or [[Renaissance style]], were added around the outside of the Gothic structure after its initial construction.<ref name="Hourihane-2012" />

One of the city's most prominent landmarks is the cathedral's bell tower, the [[Giralda]], formerly the minaret of the Almohad mosque. The minaret's main shaft is a little over 50 meters tall. The tower was further heightened in the 16th century by the addition of a large Renaissance-style [[Belfry (architecture)|belfry]], which brings its total height to around 95 or 96 meters.<ref name="Sanchez-2022">{{Cite journal |last1=Sánchez |first1=Emilio Romero |last2=Esteban |first2=Antonio Morales |last3=Casas |first3=Jaime Navarro |date=2022 |title=Analysis of the Historical Settlements of the Giralda |journal=International Journal of Architectural Heritage |volume=17 |issue=8 |pages=1312–1330 |doi=10.1080/15583058.2022.2034070 |issn=1558-3058 |s2cid=247005340 |doi-access=free |hdl=11441/135733|hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Solis-2012">{{Cite journal |last1=Solís |first1=Mario |last2=Domínguez |first2=José |last3=Pérez |first3=Lorenzo |date=2012 |title=Structural Analysis of La Giralda's 16th-Century Sculpture/Weather Vane |journal=International Journal of Architectural Heritage |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=147–171 |doi=10.1080/15583058.2010.518660 |issn=1558-3058 |s2cid=109405965 |hdl=11441/140037|hdl-access=free }}</ref> The top of the tower is crowned by the ''Giraldillo'', a cast bronze [[weather vane]] sculpture, from which the name "Giralda" is derived.<ref name="Solis-2012" />

The [[Church of San Salvador (Seville)|Church of San Salvador]], located at ''Plaza de San Salvador'', is the second largest church in the city after the cathedral. Originally converted from the city's oldest mosque, it was rebuilt in [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] form in the 17th century and was the city's only [[collegiate church]].<ref name="Wunder-2017">{{Cite book |last=Wunder |first=Amanda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3p5CDgAAQBAJ |title=Baroque Seville: Sacred Art in a Century of Crisis |publisher=Penn State Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-271-07941-7 |page=125 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Church of Saint Louis of France]], built between 1699 and 1731 and designed by [[Leonardo de Figueroa]], represents another example of Baroque architecture.<ref name="Wunder-2017" /><ref name="Konemann-2013">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EO34MQEACAAJ |title=Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting |publisher=Konemann |year=2013 |isbn=978-3-8480-0403-4 |editor-last=Toman |editor-first=Rolf |page=96 |language=en}}</ref>