
Andalucia
Seville
Cobblestone lanes, impressive edifices, old-fashioned street lamps, the palm-lined promenades and horse-drawn carriages create a magical ambience in Seville. The city is the birthplace of Flamenco and is home to the oldest historic bullring, it is famous worldwide for its culture, monuments, traditions and artistic heritage.
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The Royal Alcázar of Seville
The Real Alcazar Seville has a long and varied history. The palace is the oldest European palace that is still in use by the royal family. It was originally built as a Moorish fortress but as the years have passed, many monarchies made changes and alterations to it , leaving the Real Alcazar with a distinctive blend of various architectural styles, from classical antiquity, Moorish and Mudejar (the mix of Christian and Moorish techniques) to Gothic and Renaissance, reflecting its passage through history. It was declared in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the Seville Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies.

Alcázar Royal Palace, Seville
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As grand as the palace, are the spellbindingly beautiful gardens, with various terraces, pond, statues , fountains, and a wide variety of fragrant flowers and slender plam trees , all full of history and legend.

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The Poets' Garden
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Pond of Mercury
General Archive of the Indies
This 16th-century Spanish Renaissance building houses the ancient merchants' exchange of Seville, 80 million pages of documents and maps about the Indies illustrating the history of the Spanish Empire in the New World from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

General Archive of the Indies
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The Gallery
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Sevilla Cathedral (left side) and Archive of the Indias (right side)
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Cathedral
Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Christendom with a majestic Giralda Bell Tower that was once the minaret of a great mosque. It’s the resting place for the famous navigator, Christopher Columbus.
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Seville Cathedral
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The Giralda Bell Tower
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Tomb of Christopher Columbus
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Seville Cathedral
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Plaza de Toros
Seville's bullring or the Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza de Cabellería de Sevilla is the oldest in Spain.
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The main entrance Puerta del Principe (the gate of the Prince) of the bullring of the Real Maestranza de Caballeria, Seville
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The Palace of San Telmo (Palacio de San Telmo)
The Palace of San Telmo (Palacio de San Telmo) is a historical edifice built in 17th century, formerly the university for navigators, now is the seat of the presidency of the Andalusian Autonomous Government.

​Palace of San Telmo

​Palace of San Telmo
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The Plaza de España (Spainish Square)
The Plaza de España (Spainish Square) is a square in the Maria Luisa Park (Parque de María Luisa) , built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. This massive building is Seville's most impressive after the cathedral, designed by a local Sevillian architect, Aníbel González. A semicircular layout, with a blend of Baroque, Renaissance and Moorish revival architectural styles and covered with brightly colored painted ceramic tiles. One of the most beautiful squares in the world.
The tiled Provincial Alcoves along the walls of the Plaza de España

The Plaza de España
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Painted ceramic alcoves with benches were built around the square​ , each representing a different provinces in Spain.

The Plaza de España
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The Plaza de España
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The Plaza de España
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The Plaza de España
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The Plaza de España
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Metropol Parasol
Metropol Parasol, is a wooden building in the Encarnación square. It was designed by the German architect Jürgen Mayer-Hermann, and its construction finished in 2011. The building is popularly known as Las Setas de la Encarnación (Incarnation's mushrooms), quite far from the traditional Andalusian style! It claims to be the world's largest wooden structure.
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The underground level houses the Antiquarium, where Roman and Moorish remains discovered on site are displayed in a museum. The street level is the Central Market. shaded by the wooden parasols and designed for public events. The higher levels are the panoramic terraces, offering one of the best views of the city centre.

Metropol Parasol
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Granada
Granada is home to the brilliant jewels of  Spain, the fabled Moorish fortress and sumptuous palace of Alhambra, listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Generalife, a summer Palace, composed of a series of large gardens, with every corner of the holds a pleasant surprise for the eyes.
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Palace of Alhambra
Set in gorgeous natural surroundings of Spain's highest mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, it was the home of many Arab Sultans for many centuries. It was constructed on the sites of the 8th century Roman fortifications, and then largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-13th by the founder of the Nasrid dynasty, Ibn al-Aḥmar and his successors, who built its current palace and walls. Fame for the reddish walls and towers that surrounded the citadel.

Alhambra Palace, Granada
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Alhambra Palace, Granada

Alhambra Palace, Granada
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Generalife Garden
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Rose trellis in Generalife
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Ronda
Ronda is famous for its Puente Nuevo, an 18th-century bridge that spans the 100 metre deep El Tajo canyon that cuts the town in two , the old and the new town. It is one of the most impressive sight in Spain. It’s where Spanish’s bullfighting originated . 
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Ronda Bullring
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