Plaza de España

Why go

Painted ceramic alcoves represent Spain's provinces around the semicircular plaza. Bridges, canal and arcaded galleries reveal Aníbal González's 1929 exposition design. At Plaza de España, compare both closely. Plaza de España rewards a slower circuit. Plaza de España rewards a slower circuit.

What to look for

• Painted ceramic alcoves represent Spain's provinces around the semicircular plaza.
• Bridges, canal and arcaded galleries reveal Aníbal González's 1929 exposition design.

The full story

The Plaza de España is a building in Seville, Spain, an example of Moorish Revival style in Spanish architecture, built in 1928 for a World's Fair. Today the Plaza mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove. Towards the end of the park, the grandest mansions from the fair have been adapted as museums. The farthest contains the city's archaeology collections. The main exhibits are Roman mosaics and artefacts from nearby Italica. The Maria Luisa Park (Parque de Maria Luisa) with its many tiled landscape elements, continues to be studied and to influence landscape design, architecture, and urban planning. With trees and shrubs now having reached maturity the 'genius of place', or genus loci, of the landscape design reads even stronger and can be more appreciated. Seville - eTips.

Useful to know

• See the exterior in daylight, then confirm official access before planning an interior visit.
• Combine it with nearby stops to avoid crossing the city twice in the strongest afternoon heat.

Your next visit

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