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Title	Seville Cathedral
Alternate Title	Catedral de Santa Maria de la Sede
View	Interior, massive carved stone retablo behind high altar (1482-1594); ca. 18 m high
Notes	The enormous stone retable was designed in 1482 by the south Netherlander Pieter Dancart (died 1487), who worked on it until his death; the central part was only finished in 1526 and wings added ca. 1550-1594. It is ca. 18 m high and contains 45 large sculpted panels, each nearly a metre square; it is the largest retable in Spain
Work Type	buildings religious buildings churches cathedrals built works towers (single built works) bell towers campaniles
Style/Period	Late Gothic Plateresque
Creator Name	Riano, Diego de Master Carlin, fl. 1439-1454
Creator Nationality	Spanish
Subject.work	architecture death or burial funerary art rulers and leaders architectural reuse Andalusia
Country	Spain
City	Seville
State/Province	Seville
Location.Notes	Plaza Virgen de los Reyes; western side faces Avenida de la Constitucion
Architectural Material	stone
Technique	carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Dates	1511-1903 (alteration); ca. 1402-1506 (creation)
Photographer	Deguire, Dana
Date Photographed	9/12/2010
Subject Information	Located in Seville, Andalusia, southern Spain: it is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world. At the time of its completion in the 16th century, it supplanted the Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world. Construction began in 1402 on the site of a former mosque which had been converted. The dome has collapsed twice and been rebuilt. There are over 80 chapels including a Capilla Real with the tombs of some royals. The Giralda bell tower is a converted minaret and stands 105 m tall. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Information.source	Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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