Basilica El Pilar, Zaragoza's most iconic building. It looks like a mosque but it's one of the city's two cathedrals. It is named for a pillar where St Mary is said to have appeared to St James, which you can kiss. This incarnation of St Mary is the patron saint of the Spanish-speaking world, so there are flags inside of every Spanish-speaking country.
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In the last shot are two unexploded bombs that fell through the roof during the Spanish Civil War.
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Zaragoza has two cathedrals. La Seo ("The See"), at the end of this square, was the more senior church, but El Pilar ("The Pillar"), to the left, was a popular pilgrimage site. It is named for a pillar where St Mary is said to have appeared to St James. The churches jostled to be the city's cathedral, until rhe Pope solved by the dispute by making them both cathedrals.
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El Pilar is Zaragoza's most iconic building, but La Seo is the more interesting one to visit.
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El atardecer ilumina El Pilar y el puente de Piedra

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