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By far it's my favourite building in town. It was built by Anibal González as part of an ample construction programme carried out to commemorate the Hispano-American Fair of 1929. It's made in regional style (a mixture of Mudejar, Gothic and Renaissance styles) and the materials used are brick and ceramics. Around the square there are 48 benches devoted to the Spanish provinces situated in alphabetical order, decorated with ceramic tiles, coat of arms and map of the province (actually there are 50 Spanish Provinces, but Seville has not its own bench and both Canary Island Provinces are represented in just one bench). There is a small stream around the square crossed by 4 bridges representing the 4 kingdoms which constitute the Spanish crown: Castille, Leon, Navarre and Aragon. These building are currently occupied by various public institutions, the civil service and the military.
Visit my "Spain's Square benches" travelogue for more details
Con mucho este es mi edificio principal en la ciudad. Fue construido por Anibal González como parte de un amplio programa de construcción para la Exposición Hispano Americana de 1929. Está realizado en estilo regional (que mezcla el mudejar, el gótico y el renacentista) con ladrillo y cerámica. Alrededor de la plaza hay 48 bancos que representan cada una de las provincias españolas situadas en orden alfabético, decorados con azulejos de cerámica, escudos y mapas de cada provincia (en realidad son 50 las provincias españolas, pero Sevilla no tiene banco y las dos provincias canarias están representadas en uno sólo). Hay un pequeño río alrededor de la plaza que está cruzado por 4 puentes, representando cada uno de los 4 reinos que componen la Corona de España: Castilla, León, Navarra y Aragón. El edificio está actualmente ocupado por diferentes instituciones públicas civiles y militares.
Visita el "travelogue" "Bancos de la Plaza de España" para más detalles Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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La Plaza de España es un lugar lleno de simbología en cada parte de ella. Esta plaza semicircular representa todo lo que és España, no sólo sus provincias (ver mi otro "tip" y mis "travelogues") sino con sus reyes y sus principales descubridores, escritores, artistas, etc. Estas personas están representadas en medallones entre cada arco. Hay cuatro puertas y cuatro puentes representando los antiguos cuatro reinos que fundaron España como un único país hace más de 500 años. Hay representaciones de reyes de estos reinos en sus puertas. Todos los azulejos están siendo restaurados ahora, pero esta obra está respetando todos los criterios originales. Puedes ver múltiples referencias a la Exposición Ibero-Americana de 1929, para la cual esta plaza fue el pabellón español. Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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Created between 1914 and 1929 for the great Iberoamerican Exposition held in 1929 to commemorate Seville's historic contacts with the Americas. All of the Spanish speaking countries were represented there, as was the U.S.A.
The PLAZA DE ESPANA is a long semi-circular building, flanked on both sides by spectacular towers. In the center of the Plaza is a wonderful fountain.
All along the front of the building were 58 tiled benches representing the different Spanish provinces and location in Spain on a tiled map. The building mainly houses government offices.
What was most striking to me was the blue and white glazed tile balustrade, complimented by the occasional colourful azulejos , found throughout the Plaza. Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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 Plaza de España by JanPeter74Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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One can easily understand, because the plaza is indeed worthwile! It forms half a circle with therein 58 different benches, representing the different Spanish provinces.
The plaza is flanked by 2 spectacular towers and a bordering lake and in the middle of the square, you can sit down near the big fountain. Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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adjoining the Maria Luisa Park. The long semi circulair building mainly houses government offices. It was the place where the ceremony of inauguration of the exhibition in 1929 took place in the prence of His Majesty the King Alfonso XIII.
The building is telling the history of Spain.
The semicircular form (200 meters in diameter) symbolizes the hug of Spain and its old colonies. It looks towards the west, the way to follow towards America. The moat is crossed by 4 bridges representing the 4 old kingdoms of Spain. The two towers at both end of the building are representing the two kings who brought Spain together.
The tilework mainly in the benches against the facade is telling stories of Spains provincies in history.
More pictures can be found in our travelogue. Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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 Plaza de España by JanPeter74Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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Spain by karenincalifornia, 4 more photos
The semi-circle of mostly brick buildings partially surround a large fountain. Against the buildings, also in a semi-circle in alphabetical order are artistic glazed tile presentations featuring every province and major city in Spain. We enjoyed walking around and looking at all the places we had been and had yet to go.
The weather was hot - over 100 degrees F! We were delighted to find a stand at the entrance selling frozen lemonade. Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral Also known as Naboo, for you Star Wars officianados
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 Plaza de España, Sevilla by bambino36
Also we could have seen in another kind of scenery. One of the scenes of the movie Star Wars II - The Attack of the Clones was shot between the columns of the palace, and in the movie Plaza de España looks like it's a building from the 34th century.
Also a curious thing is that in front of the building there's a mosaic representing each of the spanish provinces. Leave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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 Plaza de Espana by ZlurLeave a Comment Directions: East bank of the Guadalquivir, south of the Cathedral
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