The GCW Tour, Spain & Morocco: The Cathedral of Sevilla

According to the guide books the cathedral in Sevilla is the third largest in the world after the Vatican (obviously) and St. Paul's in London. It's been decades since I visited the Vatican and a few years since I was in St. Paul's, but I don't remember either being as impressive as the one here.

The Cathedral of Sevilla has many notable qualities -- its massive size; the massive size of everything in it, especially the altar and the organ; Columbus's tomb; etc. -- but I think the bell tower is the most fun. Originally designed as a Muslim minaret, the cathedral was built next to the tower and the tower repurposed from the Muslim call to prayer to Catholic call to services (or whatever it is bells that don't chime the hour do). The thing of it is, with the call to prayer happening five times a day, the inside of the tower has ramps instead of stairs so the poor guy whose job it was to perform the call to prayer could ride a horse to the top.

No horses, but the ramps remain, which I found kind of fun.