Tag: Religious Sites
Inside Palma Cathedral - Gaudí’s canopy, Barceló’s ceramic chapel and a rose window full of light
Twice a year, for about five minutes, the morning sun paints a figure of eight in coloured light on a stone wall. Locals queue...
Seville Cathedral, the world’s largest Gothic cathedral - Columbus’s tomb, the Giralda ramps and a courtyard of orange trees
Legend says the canons who planned it wanted a building so vast that anyone who saw it finished would take them for madmen. Six...
Córdoba highlights - From the Mezquita to flower-filled patios
A thousand years ago, caliphs ruled half of Spain from these streets. Today the locals compete over who has the prettiest patio.Córdoba is one...
What to see in Santiago de Compostela - Cathedral squares, market stalls and the end of the Camino
For more than a thousand years, people have walked for weeks to reach one granite square. You can get there by train in an...