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Spain 2019 {Day 4/Part 2 ~ Sevilla}

After lunch, on Wednesday, December 18th, I had tickets to the Cathedral.  I bought my tickets to the Cathedral in advance.  I'm not sure that was required when I visited, but it is recommended in the height of tourist season for sure.  Plus, I like to avoid wasting time by standing in line for tickets, so I almost always purchase tickets in advance when I can. The Sevilla Cathedral is the 3rd largest church in Europe (after St. Peter's at the Vatican and St. Paul's in London), and it is the largest Gothic church anywhere.  It's kind of hard to take in the exterior of the cathedral.  Like in other cities I had already visited, this was the location a mosque that was ripped down after the Reconquista.   This is the Tomb of Christopher Columbus. The "pallbearers" represent the kingdoms that formed Spain:  Castile, Aragon, León, and Navarre.  Granada, the last of the kindgdoms, is represented by a pomegranate o...