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Crocodile Seville Cathedral

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By AndaluNet on 26/04/2018

Seville Cathedral hides a dangerous animal jaw-dropping anyone who sees it. This reptile is considered one of the most dangerous animals in the world. It is a large crocodile! Luckily he died thousands of years ago.

Crocodile stuffed in the Cathedral of Seville. Source: Bar Tapas Sevilla.

Crocodile in the Cathedral of Seville. Source: Bar Tapas Sevilla.

The crocodile of the Cathedral of Seville leaves very curious to anyone who finds him hanging from the ceiling. And everyone who sees it asks What does a crocodile there? What is the history of that crocodile? I myself wondered when I saw him bowled small and imagining possible stories about crocodile. So I'll tell you everything I know, very attentive to what the legend.

He was around the year 1.260 and Sevilla, He came an embassy Sultan of Egypt to ask for the hand of the daughter of King Alfonso X, called sage. It is said that the crocodile with others present, Sultan were gifts to the king as an offering for the betrothal. The embassy brought many presents: an elephant tusk of ivory whiter, a nile crocodile live and domesticated giraffe. Everyone was surprised at the court to these exotic gifts. But despite a surprise, the king did not accept the betrothal and many of these were returned to the Sultan, except fang, crocodile and giraffe.

Over the years and killed the crocodile and giraffe, He proceeded to dissect the crocodile and was hanged in the Patio de los Naranjos of the Cathedral of Seville, giving name to the door that is close to the area as “Lagarto door”. In addition Crocodile, Fang hung, ropes and brake giraffe over the baton of King Alfonso to return from Egypt. For the king he had sent to Egypt his cane as a symbol of peace and courtesy with Sultan.

There are people who are passionate about the world of symbolism of objects that maintain the belief that the crocodile, fang, the strings and the staff kept a hidden mission, and it is to maintain order in Sevilla. Representing each of the objects a virtue. The crocodile symbolize prudence, Fang strength, temperance ropes and stick justice.

Currently the crocodile found in the Cathedral of Seville is carved in wood and its author is unknown, but it is estimated that its creation dates back to the sixteenth century.