2. La catedral
•
Seville's cathedral, the thirdlargest in the world, has a long
and moving history: over an
original Roman foundation base
Goths built a temple, of which
today is only conserved a small
fountain in the Patio de los
Naranjos the "courtyard of the
orange trees", which itself is
together with the mighty tower,
Giralda, a rest of the Moorish
mosque that was built here
lateron.
3. La Giralda
•
The minaret of the old Moorish
mosque, today the tower of the
cathedral, is this city's
landmark. In the time when it
was built it was the highest
building in the world. Today,
including some additions made
by the Christians with a huge
bronze statue at its top, the
Giralda measures 97,5 meters.
You may enjoy from here a
fantastic view over all the city.
4. La torre del oro
• The octagonal Moorish
"Gold-Tower" was
originally part of the townwalls along Guadalquivir
river. Its name comes
from the golden ceramic
tiles which originally
covered its front. In the
Christian epoch the tower
served as seat of the
marine's administration.
Today it is used as
Museum of Navigation.
5. Puente de
Triana
• The "Bridge of Triana"
was built from 1845 to
1852 by French
architects Steinacher
and Bernadet. At one
of its extremes is
located a modernist
chapel of Hannibal
Gonzalez
6. Antigua estacion
• This former train-station,
built in 1889, is
considered a milestone of
Sevillian architecture. It
combines traditional
elements of Moorish and
Mudejar styles (the
architects were
concretely inspired by the
Alhambra of Granada and
the Mosque of Tanger)
with modernist influences,
mainly of French origins.
7. Plaza España
•
An impressive work of Seville's
best known modernist style
architect, Hannibal Gonzalez.
It was made for the "IberoAmerican Exposition 1929"
and is located in the center of
"Maria-Luisa-Park", forming a
semi-circle around an artificial
lake. The two highly individual
towers at its both extremes
and the great ceramic
ornaments which symbolize
the provinces of Spain make it
one of the most
characteristical buildings in
town.
8. La
maestranza
• Seville's famous bullring
with its 116 asymmetrical
balconies dates of 18th
century. It has also a
Bullfight-Museum.
Located in Seville's
bullring, this
museum shows
dresses of famous
bullfighters,
trophies, photos
and other objects of
the world of
bullfighting.
9. Feria de Abril “ole”
•
Originally this was just a cattlemarket, but through the years it
turned out to be one of the
greatest popular festivities in
Spain. You will have the
opportunity to see the typical
flamenco dresses which almost
all women never mind their age
wear.
Innumerable "casetas" or
provisional houses are built on the
terrain and decorated with
colorful lamps.
In the morning the landowners get
to the Feria on horses or in
horse-coaches
10. Feria de Abril “ole”
•
Originally this was just a cattlemarket, but through the years it
turned out to be one of the
greatest popular festivities in
Spain. You will have the
opportunity to see the typical
flamenco dresses which almost
all women never mind their age
wear.
Innumerable "casetas" or
provisional houses are built on the
terrain and decorated with
colorful lamps.
In the morning the landowners get
to the Feria on horses or in
horse-coaches
