The Giralda is the name of a landmark in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
. It stands tall at the corner of West 47th Street and Mill Creek Parkway.
When urban developer
J.C. Nichols visited
Seville,
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
Country Club Plaza. The tower was officially christened by then-Seville mayor Felix Morena de la Cova, along with an official delegate in 1967,
[Star Magazine Presents: The Best of Remember When: 100 Warm Tales of Life As We Lived It. Kansas City Star Books, 2001. pp.205] 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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Buildings and structures in Kansas City, Missouri