The legend say that the designers of the Sevilla Cathedral wanted to build a “church so beautiful and so great that those who see it built will think we were mad.” The result is the third largest church (and largest gothic cathedral) in the world. At 135 meters long and 100 meters wide, it is basically three football fields under roof. The scale is virtually impossible to capture in a photo but I tried.

In the picture above I was standing at one end of the cathedral. Just above the center of the picture, you can see the sculpture of Christ on the cross that sits atop the high altar. I’m guessing that it must me 80 to 100 yards away. The picture below is the high altar taken from the entry to the choir loft.

While the opulence of the place may offend my Presbyterian sensibilities, the scale of the place is impressive.