![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9dur7J8GI/AAAAAAAAAP0/DbT3Q2xqRZA/s400/IMG_4164.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9STGIBOWI/AAAAAAAAAPU/UVO1RiiZ4zo/s400/IMG_4162.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9R1k8CLuI/AAAAAAAAAO0/qo-Eg0CcCBA/s400/IMG_4172.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9RsDgCAcI/AAAAAAAAAOs/FF1n7qiKJcs/s400/IMG_4184.jpg)
The cathedral, which started life as a mosque in the 12th century, only to be rebuilt by the Reconquista christians as the largest Gothic cathedral in the world (only the orange-tree courtyard and the minaret/belltower you can see above remain of the original). Columbus lies inside.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9RTUycC-I/AAAAAAAAAOk/H81P2AzZ_8I/s400/IMG_4209.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9RCrmLhPI/AAAAAAAAAOU/iiAWT9n5wOE/s400/IMG_4140.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9Q7XTnFEI/AAAAAAAAAOM/LJ4dsTaYOa0/s400/IMG_4144.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9QzJE5maI/AAAAAAAAAOE/VoCMfUzFLXE/s400/IMG_4146.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9QrHGWezI/AAAAAAAAAN8/dH7UxFwbBPg/s400/IMG_4155.jpg)
Nearby is the entrance to the Alcazar, Moorish palace. (Queen Isabella debriefed Columbus here after his New World discoveries)...
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9QXPW_J-I/AAAAAAAAAN0/aQYq7GOGduE/s400/IMG_4171.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9QOxj6CDI/AAAAAAAAANs/MpYWfYRSEUs/s400/IMG_4183.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9QHn3kaeI/AAAAAAAAANk/9Ig2rRGbSGo/s400/IMG_4207.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9P_Y8h8BI/AAAAAAAAANc/JE0n9lMN3-k/s400/IMG_4208.jpg)
And from Islam it's only a few steps along to the old Jewish Quarter, Barrio Santa Cruz.
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9P2jNht4I/AAAAAAAAANU/U9wPmq-hTsk/s400/IMG_4218.jpg)
... famous for its narrow Kissing Lanes ...
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9PXtM0mAI/AAAAAAAAANE/fiqWfLOXUCQ/s400/IMG_4224.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9PNP4ZHQI/AAAAAAAAAM8/XvoAcwed1eo/s400/IMG_4232.jpg)
Murillo is buried somewhere under the bricks here, his tomb lost.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9PCVgEWzI/AAAAAAAAAM0/tXZpK8WfpYI/s400/IMG_4222.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9O5Aahd9I/AAAAAAAAAMs/8IxRN01lpns/s400/IMG_4228.jpg)
Dinner and a glass of wine in Santa Cruz ...
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9OjWEvZBI/AAAAAAAAAMk/F3XY-IZ6ksM/s400/IMG_4238.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9OUgPuXGI/AAAAAAAAAMc/fXxbmJDTveE/s400/IMG_4249.jpg)
Finally the sun is setting around 10pm, the streets emptied out now as it's dinner hour in Spain ...
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9NyO_Q9bI/AAAAAAAAAMM/bI99ZwVcJmw/s400/IMG_4251.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_282Gf8sJoqo/TD9Nq7CFwYI/AAAAAAAAAME/vHiHhcftYms/s400/IMG_4253.jpg)