Servilla - Day 27
Off to do our electric bike tour of the city. You really don't need an electric bike around Servilla as it is rather flat but they are an easy and safe means of seeing the city in a short time.
The entrance to The Cathedral - it's full name is Catedral De Santa Maria de la Sede, that is why they just call it The Cathedral. This statue is a replica of the one that is on the very pinnacle of the building.
The Cathedral was registered as a world heritage site in 1987 and is a very impressive building. The stats on the building are impressive and well worth a look if you are into that sort of information, eg. It has 80 chapels and took over three centuries to build explaining the different forms of architecture.( pic from the net).
It is hard to show the enormity and beauty of the building.
One of the many impressive features is the tomb of Christopher Columbus. In 1898 it was decided to transfer the remains of Christopher Columbus from Cuba to The Cathedral along with this magnificent mausoleum. In 1902 the assembly was completed.
Had to get pics from all angles
There would have only been four of us doing the tour but while we were waiting for the bike shop to open up a mother and older daughter were there to rent a bike and we talked them into the tour. They loved it. And they were from Sydney of all places. We don't meet too many Aussies over here.
Maree our tour guide was a great source of information explaining the history and settlement of the whole area.
One of the good things with these tours is that you can pick where you would like to visit in depth later.
After the tour we headed back to The Cathedral.
Took lots of pics but again having trouble with my iPad and lost them.
I was most disappointed in losing The Cathedral pics so I went back queued in line in the hot hot sun and took some more the next day.
It is called 'El Giraldillo' and represents the triumph of the Christian faith.
After this we headed to labyrinth of the Jewish sector. Very interesting and worth a visit.
All that culture, hope you had a vino to cap it off. All sounds very interesting and lots of fun.
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