Giralda

The Giralda is the bell tower of in , Spain. It was built as the minaret for the Great Mosque of Seville in al-Andalus, during the reign of the Almohad dynasty, with a Renaissance-style belfry added by the Catholics after the expulsion of the Muslims from the area.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: Monument in Seville, Spain
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alcázar of Seville and Torre del Oro.

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The , officially called Royal , is a historic royal palace in , and one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. is situated 390 metres southeast of Giralda.

Museum
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The is a dodecagonal military watchtower in , southern . It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the river. is situated 540 metres southwest of Giralda.

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The is located in the since 1899. Previously, it was located in , the Monastery of the Cartuja de Sevilla, in , and in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Arenal and Real Casa de la Moneda.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in the historical centre of , the Casco Antiguo. It lies on the east bank of the river to the west of the old Jewish Quarter, , and south of the neighbourhoods of Museo and .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Giralda

Latitude
37.38619° or 37° 23′ 10″ north
Longitude
-5.99255° or 5° 59′ 33″ west
Height
87 metres (285 feet)
Open location code
8C9P92P4+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 310065910
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q834479
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Giralda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجيرالدا”
  • Arabic: “الخيرالدا”
  • Arabic: “الخيرالدة”
  • Arabic: “جيرالدا”
  • Arabic: “خيرالدا”
  • Arabic: “لا خيرالدا”
  • Armenian: “Գիրալդա”
  • Armenian: “Խիրալդա”
  • Asturian: “Giralda”
  • Bashkir: “Гиральда”
  • Basque: “Giralda”
  • Basque: “La Giralda”
  • Belarusian: “Хіральда”
  • Bengali: “গিরালদা”
  • Bulgarian: “Хиралда”
  • Catalan: “Giralda de Sevilla”
  • Catalan: “Giralda”
  • Catalan: “La Giralda”
  • Central Kurdish: “جیرالدا”
  • Chinese: “吉拉達”
  • Czech: “Giralda”
  • Danish: “Giralda”
  • Danish: “La Giralda”
  • Dutch: “Giralda”
  • Esperanto: “Giraldo”
  • Estonian: “La Giralda”
  • Finnish: “La Giralda”
  • French: “Giralda”
  • Galician: “Giralda”
  • German: “Giralda”
  • Hebrew: “חירלדה”
  • Indonesian: “Giralda”
  • Italian: “Giralda”
  • Japanese: “ヒラルダの塔”
  • Korean: “히랄다 탑”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Giralda”
  • Malay: “Giralda”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لخيرالدة”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Giralda”
  • Persian: “خیرالدا”
  • Polish: “Giralda”
  • Portuguese: “Giralda de Sevilha”
  • Portuguese: “Giralda”
  • Portuguese: “La Giralda”
  • Russian: “Хиральда”
  • Slovenian: “Giralda”
  • Spanish: “Giralda de mi abuela”
  • Spanish: “Giralda”
  • Spanish: “La Giralda”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵍⴰ ⵅⵉⵔⴰⵍⴷⴰ”
  • Swedish: “Giralda”
  • Tachelhit: “Xiralda”
  • Thai: “ฆิรัลดา”
  • Turkish: “Giralda”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіральда”
  • Urdu: “گیرالڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Giralda”
  • Western Panjabi: “گیرالڈا”

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