Giralda (Kansas City)

The Giralda is the name of a landmark in Kansas City, Missouri. It stands 138 feet (42 m) tall at the corner of W. 47th St. and J.C. Nichols Parkway.[1]

When urban developer J.C. Nichols visited Seville in Spain in the 1920s, he was so impressed with the 12th-century Moorish tower of Giralda that he built a half-scale replica in the then new Country Club Plaza. The tower was officially christened by the mayor of Seville, Felix Morena de la Cova, along with an official delegate[2] in 1967,[3] the same year in which the two cities became sister cities. The original Giralda tower was the minaret of the 12th-century Muslim mosque; a Christian belfry was added in 1568.

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References

  1. ↑ Missouri Dental Association. Journal, Volume 51. Missouri Dental Association. 1971. Original from the University of California. pp.5
  2. ↑ Kansas City Then and Now II. Photographs by Monroe Dodd. Kansas City Star Books, 2003. ISBN 0974000914, pp.228-229
  3. ↑ Star Magazine Presents: The Best of Remember When: 100 Warm Tales of Life As We Lived It. Kansas City Star Books, 2001. ISBN 0971292051 pp.205

Coordinates: 39°02′31″N 94°35′18″W / 39.04204°N 94.58836°W / 39.04204; -94.58836

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