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The Giralda
It hasthe classic structure of the Almohad minarets that will continue to be used for centuries in most Mudejar bell towers.
It is composed of a central prism with a square base, surrounded by four external walls. Between the two structures are the ascending ramps, which in the case of this tower, due to its large size, even allowed access on horseback.
The exterior decoration is based on bifores or mullioned windows, either with semicircular or poly-lobed horseshoe arches, surrounded by alfiz and supported by another large pointed lobed arch (tumid). In the side streets there are mural arches that, seen from a distance, look like a network of lozenges. The great height of this minaret makes it stand out from all the others, influenced by its decoration in vertical stripes that gives it a special airiness.
In the body of bells, we can appreciate the magnificent work of its windows, where the arches and capitals of caliphal descent stand out. The last body of the Almohad tower was replaced by the deterioration suffered in the sixteenth century by Hernán Ruiz by a Renaissance finial on which revolves a bronze female statue of about four meters high representing “the victorious faith” called the Giraldillo that gives its name to the tower.