Seville Torre del Oro riverside at night
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Seville Torre del Oro riverside at night
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Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
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Torre del Oro at sunset, Riverside Panorama, Paseo de Cristóbal Colón, Guadalquivir river Seville, Spain, Andalusia, EU, Europe
The Torre del Oro ,burj ad̲h̲-d̲h̲ahab, English "Tower of Gold" is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river.
Constructed in the first third of the 13th century, the tower served as a prison during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the golden shine it projected on the river, due to its building materials (a mixture of mortar, lime and pressed hay).
The tower is divided into three levels, the first level, dodecagonal, was built in 1220 by order of the Almohad governor of Seville, Abù l-Ulà; As for the second level, of only 8 meters, also dodecagonal, was built by Peter of Castile in the fourteenth century, a hypothesis that has been confirmed by archaeological studies; The third and uppermost being circular in shape was added after the previous third level, Almohad, was damaged by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Rebuilding of the third level was made by Brusselian military engineer Sebastian Van der Borcht in 1760.
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December 20th, 2019
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