Hey there my Steemit friends. The Basilica Gothic Cathedral is one of the most interesting buildings I have been inside in a very long time. The history, the Gothic vibe, and architecture in general I found fascinating. In previous posts I highlighted the dozens of stained glass windows, the rows of status, and in part one of this "Travel Pro Places of Interest Series" I showed you around the ground floor of the church itself.
Here in part two, we finish our tour of the main areas of the Cathedral. We first revisit the main area on the ground floor, see an old stair case which we do not use. It's actually blocked off once you go up one lever. Instead we pay one dollar to use the elevator and access the upper floors and bell tower. Normally the price is two dollars, but the Travel Pro is an Ecuadorian permanent resident of this country! ....don't ask...lol
Before riding the escalator up we walk around the courtyard and view the outside of this detailed structure. We then view the the second floor which has a cafe looking out on the city. Then we head out on the very large balcony and take an excellent photo of the city facing south toward the Angle of the Apocalypse statue kilometers off in the distance.
We end this two part photo series of the main areas of the Basilica with a photo of me in the Bell Tower. I found myself spending so much time here I ended up with about one hundred photos. The final two posts of this building are to be published in the next couple weeks will be of the Bell Tower area.
This will include the dangerous catwalk above the church to access it, the incredible views from the highest point the church offers, crazy outdoor extremely vertical staircases, and much more! But for now come along and let's have another look at this incredible masterpiece of architecture dating back over 130 years.
And by the way, does anyone know the significance of that huge marble slab table situated perfectly in the middle of the Cathedral directly under the primary dome of the structure? Looks like a creepy slab of rock to strap someone down and do some sort of mid-evil torture or satanic human sacrifice or something. That really stood out to me. It's definitely not the normal alter, I found it very strange and how it was perfectly placed in the exact center of the building. What is that all about?
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