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the Plaza de España
Nov. 23rd, 2009 09:58 pmOn sunday afternoon, when we arrived in Seville, Donna and Manolo took us back to their home, where we relaxed for a bit, and then took our siestas. It was now sunday afternoon in Seville, and we had left home on saturday afternoon. We slept only for a couple of hours, and our hosts took us out to see the town. The first place we saw was the Plaza de España.
The Plaza was built for the Spanish-American Exposition of 1929. There were quite a few beautiful buildings in this neighborhood, built by the other Latin countries, but Spain's own showcase was by far the biggest. Most of the other buildings could fit in this plaza - and I mean most of them at once.
Here are our lovely and talented hostess and host, in the Granada alcove. Around the wall of the plaza are fifty of these little alcoves, one of each of the fifty provinces of España.
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The Plaza was built for the Spanish-American Exposition of 1929. There were quite a few beautiful buildings in this neighborhood, built by the other Latin countries, but Spain's own showcase was by far the biggest. Most of the other buildings could fit in this plaza - and I mean most of them at once.
Here are our lovely and talented hostess and host, in the Granada alcove. Around the wall of the plaza are fifty of these little alcoves, one of each of the fifty provinces of España.
( see more )
