Plaza de España (Seville)

The Plaza de España is one of the most famous places in Sevilla, Spain. As Seville hosted the Ibero- American Exposition in 1929, many buildings were constructed for the exhibition in Maria Luisa Park, among them the Plaza de España by Aníbal González ( also the chief architect of the overall event was ). Retrieved from " building " is therefore spoken here, because the place was only formed by a semi-circular building, which seamlessly wraps around the place. The semi-circle has a diameter of 200 meters and is an embrace of the South American colonies symbolize by Spain. In addition, the opening of the semicircle towards the river shows as a parable for the way that must be followed in order to reach America.

At its construction more than a thousand workers worked at the same time. Construction began in 1924 and was completed by the architect Vicente Traver in 1928, after Aníbal González had resigned as chief architect of the exhibition.

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The North Tower ( Torre Norte)

Aerial view of the Plaza de España

Plaza de Espana

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Spanish course in Seville

The surface of the square is 50,000 m², of which 19,000 m² are covered with buildings, and the remaining 31,000 m² open area. Ringsrum is a channel with 515 meters length. This is crossed by four bridges, which are intended to represent the four ancient kingdoms of Spain.

The building is provided with brick, marble and ceramics, which give it an appearance in a playful mix of Renaissance and Baroque. There are a number of tile ornaments ( azulejos ), which are reminiscent of the 48 Spanish provinces and are arranged in alphabetical order on the walls. They provide maps of the provinces, mosaics with historical events, as well as the coat of arms of the capital cities of each province dar. The place was so that the overall most expensive exhibition element of the event.

Others

• The Plaza de España is in the movie Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as the scene of the planet Naboo shown, although the scenes were digitally enhanced and modified.
• The digitally altered Plaza de España is Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator movie scene of the fictional desert country Wadyia.
• The Plaza was also used as the "Cairo Great Britain Army Headquarters " in the film Lawrence of Arabia.
• In Dan Brown's novel Diabolus the first scene takes place in the Plaza de España.
• In the buildings of the Plaza and the Military Museum of Seville is housed, uA with one of the few remaining transport chests the colonial period of the 16th century.