Iglesia Colegial del Salvador

Doug was pleased that his on line ticket purchase for Seville's Cathedral included this church. It is very well cared for, in use currently and set up for visiting tourists including clear English descriptions of the content of each of the chapels. These chapels are among the nicest we have seen and the highlight of the visit.

This baroque church was built between 1674 and 1712 on the site of Muslim Ishbiliya's main mosque. It has a Mannerist red-brick façade. Inside it is an absolutely stunning cavernous, light-filled interior crowned by a soaring dome and filled with extravagant gold altarpieces. Particularly breathtaking is the retablo behind the main altar, a 21m-high composition crafted by the Portuguese artist Cayetano de Acosta between 1770 and 1779.Lue lisää