Day 13 - Big plaza, big cathedral

Sevilla 

Today's walking tour took up most of the day, finishing at the very impressive Plaza de Espana around 2pm. 

After the tour we visited the Cathedral, which is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. It was originally a mosque, it appears common that when the Christians repelled the Muslims from a city that they appropriated the huge mosques rather than destroy them. 

We did the walk up to the tower which interestingly was a ramp not stairs - in the original mosque it was difficult for the elders to climb the steps five times a day to call for prayer so a continuous ramp was built so that they could be taken up and down by horse. 

Now that's a plaza!