The Plaza de España in Seville is a landmark example of Renaissance Revival style, built for the 1929 exposition. The Town Hall was built in the 16th century in Renaissance style. Seville Cathedral, founded in 1403, covers seven centuries of history with its Gothic and Renaissance architecture, including the bell tower Giralda which was originally a minaret. The Alcázar fortified palace was ordered in 913 and consists of palatial buildings and gardens embracing cultures from Almohad to Neoclassical.

2. Plaza de España

3. Plaza de España

4. Plaza de España

5. Plaza de España

6. Plaza de España

7. Plaza de España

8. Plaza de España

9. Plaza de España

10. Plaza de España

11. Alcázar

12. Alcázar – Puerta del Leon

13. Alcázar

14. Alcázar

16. Alcázar – Patio de las Doncellas
The Courtyard of the Maidens

17. Inside Alcázar

20. Alcázar – Jardines

21. Alcázar – Jardines
Las jardines de real alcazar

22. Alcázar – Jardines

23. Catedral de Sevilla
(Seville Cathedral)

24. Seville Cathedral

28. Giralda Tower
(the tower of the Seville Cathedral))

29. La Giralda
(The bell tower of the Seville Cathedral)

30. Cathedral and Archivo de Indias

31. Plaza del Triunfo

32. Pabellón Mudéjar
(Museo de arte y costumbres populares)

33. El parque Maria Louisa
Parque de Maria Luisa

38. Parque de Maria Louisa
Fuente de las ranas

39. Parque de Maria Luisa – Glorieta de Becquer

40. Jardines de Murillo

41. Jardines de Murillo – Monumento a Coln

42. Jardines de Murillo

43. Torre del oro (Gold Tower)

44. Torre del oro

45. Torre del oro

46. River Guadalquivir, Torre del oro

47. Metropol parasol

48. Casa de Pilatos (Pilate’s House)

49. Casa de Pilatos

50. Casa de Pilatos – Jardin grande

51. Real Fábrica Tabacos de Sevilla

53. Palacio Arzobispal
(Archbishop’s Palace)

54. Palacio Arzobispal
(Archbishop’s Palace)

56. Torre Triana

57. Puente de Triana (Isabel II Bridge)

58. Ayuntamiento de Seville (Town Hall)

59. Ayuntamiento de Seville (Town Hall)

60. Puerta de Jerez

61. Puerta de Jerez

63. Plaza de toros

64. Images and text: Internet
Music: Albeniz
“Tango” and “Pavane”
Adriana

65. Seville is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalucia and of the
province of Seville, Spain. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with
an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft) above sea level. The inhabitants of the city
are known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses, following the
Roman name of the city, Hispalis.
Seville is the fourth largest city of Spain with a municipal population of about 703
thousand as of 2011, and a metropolitan population (including satellite towns) of
about 1.5 million, making it the 31st most populous municipality in the European
Union. Its old town is the largest in Spain (covering almost four square
kilometers), and is one of the three largest in Europe along with Venice and Genoa.
The Seville harbor, located about 80 km from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river
port in Spain.
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66. The Plaza de España ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza located in the Parque de María Luisa
(Maria Luisa Park), in Seville, Spain built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a
landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture.
The Town Hall (Ayuntamiento) of Seville was built in the 16th century in Renaissance style on the
remains of the former San Francisco monastery. The construction works were started by architect
Diego de Riaño in 1527, who at the same time also added new parts to the Cathedral of Seville.
Seville's Town Hall is a beautiful building with two very different façades - the Plaza Nueva side is
Neo-classical while the Plaza San Francisco side is Renaissance. The Renaissance style is unfinished -
the left-hand side is very ornate but it peters out as you get to the right. This is because the architect
who designed it died during the building process, taking his vision with him.
Seville Cathedral. Founded in 1403 on the site of a former mosque, the Cathedral, built in Gothic and
Renaissance style, covers seven centuries of history. With its five naves it is the largest Gothic building
in Europe. Its bell tower, the Giralda, was the former minaret of the mosque, a masterpiece of
Almohad architecture and now is important example of the cultural syncretism thanks to the top
section of the tower, designed in the Renaissance period by Hernán Ruiz.

67. The Alcazar is a fortified palace the construction of which was ordered by Abd Al Ramn III in the year
913. Built and rebuilt from the early Middle Ages right up to our times, it consists of a group of palatial
buildings and extensive gardens. The Alcázar embraces a rare compendium of cultures where areas of
the original Almohad palace - such as the "Patio del Yeso" or the "Jardines del Crucero" - coexist with
the Palacio de Pedro I representing Spanish Mudejar art, together with other constructions displaying
every cultural style from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical. Because of it's beauty it was chosen as
residence by many monarchs in the centuries that followed. It now is the residence of His Royal
Majesty Juan Carlos when he visits Seville.
The Archivo de Indias building was constructed in 1585 to house the Casa Lonja or Consulado de
Mercaderes de Sevilla (Consulate of the merchants of Seville). It became the Archivo General de
Indias in 1785, and since then it has become home to the greatest collection of documentation
concerning the discovery of and relations with the New World. The Archivo de Indias, designed by the
architect responsible for completing El Escorial, Juan de Herrera, is one of the clearest examples of
Spanish Renaissance architecture. An enormous influence on Baroque Andalusian architecture and on
Spanish neoclassicism, it symbolizes the link between the Old and the New World.
La Casa de Pilatos (Pilate's House) is an Andalusian palace in Seville, Spain, which serves as the
permanent residence of the Dukes of Medinaceli. The building is a mixture of Renaissance Italian and
Mudéjar Spanish styles. It is considered the prototype of the Andalusian palace.