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You know what they mean chains of the Cathedral of Seville

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By AndaluNet on 24/04/2018

Asylum

Sevilla in the sixteenth century there were different organizations that dispensed justice (the cruel and violent justice those years) depending on the conflict happened. There was real justice, military justice, ecclesiastical justice, civil justice…

The ordinary people who had committed a crime or a sin in the eyes of ordinary justice demanded shelter in churches avail itself of the “asylum” that prevented ordinary justice, non-divine, enter the holy places to detain suspected criminals. Chains Cathedral of Seville, They were used as the symbol, to determine where the church began where it ended justice and civil justice. These chains around the Cathedral resting on stone columns, They were placed in the year 1565 and they were brought mostly from Puerto de Sevilla, others come from Italica oldest and the most recent dating from the eighteenth century, stocked by quarries in the province.

Another function of the chains of the cathedral was to safeguard the Cathedral of Seville horses and carriages, In addition to identifying access to merchants and traders. Seville Cathedral stood at the epicenter of the city, so it favored the settlement of traders on the floor of the Cathedral. This situation, Archbishop caused constant complaints, because it was a sacred place of worship where he had to keep modesty and peace. Thus, He asked Archbishop Philip II building a specific building for this use, what would become the Archive of the Indies.

Today, the chains Seville Cathedral have become a distinctive symbol of the city that lasts over time.