Giralda
The Giralda is the bell tower of Seville Cathedral in Seville, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: Monument in Seville, Spain
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alcázar of Seville and Giraldillo.
Alcázar of Seville
Photo: لا روسا, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville, is a historic royal palace in Seville, Spain and one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. Alcázar of Seville is situated 390 metres southeast of Giralda.
Torre del Oro
Museum
The Torre del Oro is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river. Torre del Oro is situated 540 metres southwest of Giralda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Arenal and Alfalfa.
El Arenal
Neighborhood
Photo: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Arenal is a neighbourhood in the historical centre of Seville, the Casco Antiguo. It lies on the east bank of the Guadalquivir river to the west of the old Jewish Quarter, Santa Cruz, and south of the neighbourhoods of Museo and Alfalfa.
Alfalfa
Neighborhood
Alfalfa is a neighbourhood in the historical centre of Seville, the Casco Antiguo. It is located in the center of the district and bordered by Encarnación-Regina to the north, Santa Catalina and San Bartolomé to the east, Santa Cruz and El Arenal to the south and Museo to the west.
Giralda
- Categories: steeple, Monument (Spain), and historic site
- Location: Seville, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.38619° or 37° 23′ 10″ northLongitude
-5.99255° or 5° 59′ 33″ westHeight
87 metres (285 feet)Open location code
8C9P92P4+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 310065910OpenStreetMap feature
historic=towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata 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”
- 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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