Interior detail, tomb of Christopher Columbus by Arturo Melida y
Alinari (1891, moved to Seville, 1899) In 1891 Melida y Alinari
designed his most important work, a Gothic Revival monument to
Christopher Columbus for Havana Cathedral; this was moved to the
south transept of Seville Cathedral in 1899. It is reminiscent
of the tomb of Philippe Pot (ca. 1480; Paris, Louvre),
comprising a sarcophagus carried by four heralds, representing
the kingdoms of Castile, Leon, Aragon and Navarre, cast in metal
and decorated in coloured enamels Located in Seville, Andalusia,
southern Spain: it is the largest Gothic cathedral and the
third-largest church in the world. At the time of its completion
in the 16th century, it supplanted the Hagia Sophia as the
largest cathedral in the world. Construction began in 1402 on
the site of a former mosque which had been converted. The dome
has collapsed twice and been rebuilt. There are over 80 chapels
including a Capilla Real with the tombs of some royals. The
Giralda bell tower is a