The
Cathedral of Seville (Spain), also called Our Lady of the Kings, is the
largest Gothic cathedral in the world, and the third largest church by
its dimensions, after Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and Saint Paul’s in
London.
In 1987,
this cathedral was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. It
contains 25 statues of the Virgin Mary and 27 Marian chapels. Its most
important treasure is "The Virgen de los Reyes" (The Virgin of the
Kings) that sits in a side chapel, the so-called royal chapel housing
the tomb of King Saint Ferdinand of Castile, founder of Andalusia, who
died in Seville.
This
huge cathedral is the principal church of the diocese of Seville and
therefore the central place of the liturgy and the sacraments for this
city. Every year, from August 6th to 15th, Seville prepares to celebrate
the Assumption of Our Lady and the "Virgen de los Reyes" is dressed up
for the occasion with magnificent royal garments, and then taken in
procession through the entire city, on August 15th.
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