SEVILLE CATHEDRAL SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.
MADRID. August 2. A pillar in the Cathedral at Seville collapsed to-day, causing serious damage to the interior of the church. [The cathedral, one of the largest and finest in Spain, is an imposing edifice, of which the solemn and grandiose are the distinctive qualities. Ifc was completed in 1519, is 431fb long, 315fb wide, has eeven aisles, and an organ with 5400 pipes. The pavement is in black and white checkered marble. The cathedral is superbly decorated. Its painted windowß are among the finest in Spain, and it contains paintings by Murillo, Vargas, the Herreras, &c. Attached to the cathedral is one of the moat remarkable towers in the world. It is called the Giralda (i.e., a weather-cock in the form of a statue), and is in all 350 ft high. Thiß Moorish tower was built in 1196, and was originally only 250f fc high, the additional 100 ft being the rich filigree belfry added in 1568. The pinnacle i 3 crowned by a female figure in bronze, 14ft high, and 28001 bin weight, and which veers about with the slighest breeze. From this great tower the Mueddin of Mohammedan days called the faithful to prayers.!
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6308, 4 August 1888, Page 3
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