Seville Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. 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. It is one of the largest churches in the world as well as the largest Gothic church. The interior has the longest nave of any cathedral in Spain. The central nave rises to a height of 42 m.  The Giralda is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville. Its height is 105 m.

Unesco: Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
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Date: August 27

Torre del Oro

The Torre del Oro is the Tower of Gold in Sevilla. The Torre del Oro is located next to the Guadalquivir River and near the Plaza de Toros. The 36-meter-high tower was built by the Almohads in the 12th century and was part of the Moorish city wall, which ran between the Alcazar Palace and the rest of Sevilla. The purpose of the tower was to control shipping on the Guadalquivir. A heavy chain ran under water from the massive tower to the other side to prevent enemy ships from sailing on the river. 

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Date: Nov 27

Plaza de España

The Plaza de España was built for the Spanish-American Exhibition of 1929, amongst many other buildings. It represents the so-called regionalist architecture and stands out because of the skilful combination of a brick structure, tiles and many different polychrome ceramic decorations. The square's main attractions are its semicircular lake, its twin towers, the benches that depict 49 provinces of Spain in ceramic tiles, and the beautiful coffered ceiling in the building.

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Date: March 1

From Sevilla

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain.  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.  It is the fourth-largest church in the world as well as the largest Gothic church.  The Giralda is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville and the former minaret of the mosque that stood on the site under Muslim rule, and was built to resemble the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech. It was converted into a bell tower for the cathedral after the Reconquista.

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Unesco: Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
Date: Juli 26

Torre del Oro

The Torre del Oro is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river. Constructed in the first third of the 13th century, the tower served as a prison during the Middle Ages. Inside the tower is now a naval museum over various floors, with flags, maps, scale models of ships, diving equipment and other maritime memorabilia, as well as portraits of illustrious naval figures and documents related to overseas discoveries.

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Date: April 20