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badness is redeemed by the two kneeling statues 

 of Ferdinand and Isabella on either side by Mena 

 and Madrano, and by the bold, great heads 

 of Adam and Eve, above the pulpits, carved and 

 painted by Alonso Cano. 



In the centre of the middle nave, separated 

 from the Capilla Mayor by the transept, is the 

 choir, in that debased Churrigueresque style 

 of which every one speaks ill. The only things 

 notable within it are the fine organs, and the 

 crucifix by Pablo de Rojas. Beneath the choir 

 is entombed Alonso Cano (died 1667), one of 

 the greatest of Andalusian painters, and a minor 

 canon of the Cathedral. 



One of his most characteristic pictures the 

 Virgin de la Soledad is to be seen over the altar 

 of the Capilla de San Miguel (the first chapel on 

 the right on entering the church). It was stolen 

 in 1873, and recovered in the city shortly after. 

 The chapel is beautifully adorned with red 

 marbles and serpentine. It was built by that 

 high-minded, beneficent prelate, Archbishop 

 Moscoso, in 1804. His tomb is by the sculptor 

 Folch. In the chapel are placed we do not 

 know why two elegant Chinese vases. 



Between this and the next chapel is the entrance 

 to the sacristy or old mosque, and to the left 

 of it a small picture, before which that really 

 saintly saint, St. John of God, was accustomed 



