http://www.alifeinvalencia.com Guide to Valencia Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:13:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/valencia-cathedral-catedral-valencia/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/valencia-cathedral-catedral-valencia/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:35:32 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=634 Centrally located on the Plaza de la Reina, this is the religious centre of Valencia and one of the city’s landmarks.
Many centuries ago, it used to be a mosque, but when El Cid conquered the city, it became a Roman Catholic cathedral. Later the city was re-conquered by the Muslims as part of the Arab Moorish invasion of Spain and the South of France. The cathedral again became a mosque.
Later, when the Christian King Jaume I  re-conquered Valencia it reverted to a Christian cathedral. The Miguelete bell tower (El Miguelete) is a hexagonal Gothic tower towering over Plaza de la Reina. [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/valencia-cathedral-catedral-valencia/feed/ 0