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• María Luisa Park. Seville.

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  … Avenida de la Palmera s/n. 41013. Sevilla. (Andalusia) http://www.visitasevilla.es/. It was donated to the city in 1893 by the Infanta María Luisa Fernanda de Borbón, Duchess of Montpellier. It is laid out in the shape of a trapeze and is criss-crossed by tree-lined avenues (Hernán Cortés and Pizarr…

• Plaza de América Square. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de América. 41013. Sevilla. (Andalusia) http://www.visitasevilla.es/. Forms part of the artistic urban site created for the Ibero-american Exhibition in 1929. This square, the work of Aníbal González situated next to the María Luisa Park, is surrounded by three palaces in different architectur…

• Seville Archaeological Museum. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Plaza de América s/n, (Pabellón de Bellas Artes). 41013. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 955120589 | E-mail: museoarqueologicosevilla.ccd@juntadeandalucia.es. www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/museos/MASE/. "Carambolo's Treasure". The museum is set in a neo-Renaissance style pavilion built for the Lati…

• Seville Museum of Art and Popular Customs. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Plaza de América, 3. 41013. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954712398 | E-mail: museoacp.ccul@juntadeandalucia.es. http://www.museosdeandalucia.es. Lace and embroidery, 16th-19th centuries. The museum is set in the Mudejar Pavilion, built for the Ibero-American Exhibition of 1929. The collection comp…

• María Luisa park. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Avenida de la Palmera s/n. 41013. Sevilla. (Andalusia) E-mail: info@parquedemarialuisa.es. www.parquedemarialuisa.es. This is Seville's great urban park designed by the French landscape gardener Forestier for the Ibero-american Exhibition in 1929. With it, a purely Spanish style of gardening, which …

• Plaza de España Square. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de España s/n. 41013. Sevilla. (Andalusia) E-mail: turismo@sevilla.org. http://www.visitasevilla.es/. Cultural meeting place. Painted ceramic benches representing all the provinces in Spain are arranged round the square. It was built because of the Ibero-american Exhibition of 1929, held in Se…

• Santa Cruz Neighbourhood. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) E-mail: turismo@sevilla.org. http://www.visitasevilla.es/. Smell of orange blossom. The district of Santa Cruz covers the historic and artistic quarter of Seville. Walking through its streets you can see 12th century buildings, like the Royal Citadels, and symbolic buildi…

• Tobacco Factory. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle San Fernando 4. 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954229434 | E-mail: turismo@sevilla.org. http://www.visitasevilla.es/. This was the biggest industrial building in Europe in the 18th century. There are paintings inside the Tobacco Factory recalling the women cigar makers who worked there.…

• Los Venerables Hospital. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de los Venerables 8. 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954564595 | E-mail: focus@abengoa.com. www.focus.abengoa.es. This hospital was founded by Justino de Neve in the 17th century It is in the Baroque style and is made up of two areas. In the first, the residence created for Leonardo de F…

• Gardens in the Hospital of Los Venerables. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Plaza de los Venerables 8. 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954564595 | E-mail: focus@abengoa.com. www.focus.abengoa.es. The courtyard of the Hospital de los Venerables is one of the finest and most original examples of the numerous courtyards in the Baroque Sevillian style. It has a classical …

• The Royal Alcázar of Seville. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Patio de Banderas s/n. 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954502068 | E-mail: actividades@patronato-alcazarsevilla.es. www.patronato-alcazarsevilla.es. The site of the marriage of Carlos V and Isabel of Portugal. Peter I, the Cruel, rebuilt the old Almohad fortress and made it into his royal resi…

• Gardens of the Real Alcázar Palace in Seville. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Patio de Banderas s/n. 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954502083 | E-mail: actividades@patronato-alcazarsevilla.es. www.patronato-alcazarsevilla.es. The gardens of the Real Alcázar Palace make up one of the great palace sites of the Spanish crown, and possibly the oldest. They are the most ori…

• Casa de Pilatos House. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Pilatos 1. 41003. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954219012 | E-mail: casapilatos@fundacionmedinaceli.org. http://www.fundacionmedinaceli.org/monumentos/pilatos/. Construction began at the end of the 15th century and it is the prototype of the Andalusian palace. It is of “Morisco” (Moorish-C…

• Casa de Pilatos Gardens. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Plaza de Pilatos 1. 41003. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954219012 | E-mail: casapilatos@fundacionmedinaceli.org. www.fundacionmedinaceli.org. The palace originally dates back to the 15th century, although most of it was built in the 16th by the first Marquis of Tarifa. Later, under orders of the V…

• Andalusia Contemporary Art Centre. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Avenida de Américo Vespucio 2, (Monasterio de la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuevas, Isla de la Cartuja). 41092. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 955037052 | E-mail: informacion.caac@juntadeandalucia.es. http://www.caac.es/. Living art. The museum is located in the Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuev…

• La Giralda tower. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Alemanes s/n. 41001. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954228432 | E-mail: info@catedraldesevilla.es. http://www.catedraldesevilla.es/. The old minaret of the Arab mosque. The bell tower, the diminishing niches and the El Giraldillo weather vane were added in the 16th century. The part decorated …

• Seville Cathedral. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de la Constitución s/n. 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954228432 | E-mail: info@catedraldesevilla.es. www.catedraldesevilla.es. The cathedral stands on the site of the Great Mosque of the 12th century. Today, the only part which remains of this structure is the minaret, also known as …

• La Caridad Hospital. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Temprado, 3. 41001. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954212951 | E-mail: secretaria@santa-caridad.es. www.santa-caridad.es. The most important thing about this Baroque building with rectangular floor plan is its chapel, situated in the northwestern part of the construction, where various works b…

• Patio de los Naranjos (orange tree courtyard) of the Holy Metropolitan and Patriarchal Cathedral of Seville. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Avenida de la Constitución s/n. Apartado 61. 41001. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954228432 | E-mail: info@catedraldesevilla.es. www.catedraldesevilla.es. This garden is a small oasis of peace within the city, ideal for relaxation and prayer. The area of the Patio de los Naranjos is thought to corr…

• Indias archive. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de la Constitución 3. 41071. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954219485 | E-mail: agi1@dglab.mcu.es. www.mcu.es/archivos/MC/AGI/index.html. The Indies Archive which used to be the Mercaderes Market, was built in 1572. Designed by Juan de Herrera and built by Alonso de Vandelviva and Juan de Mi…

• Santa Paula Convent. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Santa Paula 11. 41003. Sevilla. (Andalusia) E-mail: info@santapaula.es. Today it is still a convent and the nuns living there sell typical sweets from the region to visitors. The outstanding features of the building are the 16th century portico and Plateresque main front from 1504, decorated w…

• El Divino Salvador Church-College. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Salvador s/n. 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) E-mail: turismo@sevilla.org. http://www.visitasevilla.es/. A minaret bell tower. The passage of different cultures and peoples through Seville can be appreciated in the remains of earlier buildings on the same site where the church stands. It has a…

• Seville Town Hall. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Nueva 1. 41013. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954590163 | www.sevilla.org. It contains several works of great historic and artistic interest, including the town’s pennant and a painting of the patron saints, Justa and Rufina. Diego de Riaño began work on the building in the 15th century. He d…

• San José Chapel. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Jovellanos, 10. 41004. Sevilla. (Andalusia) It is considered a jewel of Sevillian Baroque. Inside can be found the representation of Santa Justa and Santa Rufina, patron saints of the city. But, without doubt, the most interesting items are its Flemish paintings and Neoclassical reredos. The s…

• Real Maestranza Bullring and Museum. Seville.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de Colón, 12. 41001. Sevilla. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954220112 | E-mail: info@realmaestranza.com. www.realmaestranza.com/. A bullring over 240 years old. Since it was built in 1761, it has become a landmark in Spanish bullfighting. The Real Maestranza bullring is one of the most emblematic buil…