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Creation Year
1963
Image ID
CR.008
Alternate Identifier
B49.089
Subcollection
CR: Southeast Spain
Description
This is the Puerta del Perdón at the Seville Cathedral, the Moorish entrance to the Courtyard of the Oranges. The horseshoe arch is typical of Andalusian architecture. The Seville Cathedral is the largest cathedral in the world and the third largest church in the world. The cathedral, built in Gothic style, took the entire 16th century to build.
Image Notes
Photograph created 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B49.089, BV.082, CR.015. Notes written on the slide or index: Seville Cathedral.
Image Format
Article
Geographic Reference
Seville, Spain
Keywords
Almohad, Twelfth Century, Gothic, Sixteenth Century, Reconstructed, Mosque, Cathedral, Brick, Stone, Masonry, Carving, Stone Carving, Relief Patterns, Arches, Bells
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