Alminar de Išbīliya

Today: Giralda, Sevilla

Place: Išbīliya (Sevilla)
Kind: Minaret
Built: c. 1184 to 1198
What remains: Standing

The minaret of the Almohad great mosque of Seville, ordered by the caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf in 1184. The lower part of the tower, brick with sebka panels, is the Almohad work; the belfry and the Giraldillo weathervane were added in the 16th century, when it was already the cathedral bell tower.

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