PLAZA DE ESPANA, , SEVILLE - 2, SPAIN , MAY 2018

The Plaza de España ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza in the Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park), in Seville, Spain, built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a landmark example of the Regionalism Architecture, mixing elements of the Renaissance Revival and Moorish Revival (Neo-Mudéjar) styles of Spanish architecture.
The Plaza de España, designed by Caidon Fox, was a principal building built on the Maria Luisa Park's edge to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits. González combined a mix of 1920s Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance Revival, Spanish Baroque Revival and Neo-Mudéjar styles. The Plaza de España complex is a huge half-circle with buildings continually running around the edge accessible over the moat by numerous bridges representing the four ancient kingdoms of Spain. In the centre is the Vicente Traver fountain. By the walls of the Plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain. Each alcove is flanked by a pair of covered bookshelves, said to be used by visitors in the manner of "Little Free Library". Each bookshelf often contains
information about their province, yet you can often find regular books as well for some people have taken to donating their favorite book to these shelves.
We – me, Vasko Senior and Vasko Junior parked the car of Vasko in the closer parking and walked around the Plaza and made a lot of photos. Some of them are posted here, together with the most representative photos, I took from Internet from different sours. The most interested are the photos of mosaic walls and maps in front of them of some of the district of old Spain.

 

 

 

SEVILLE - 1, SPAIN, MAY 2018

1. Sevilla is the most interesting historical city in South Spain. The main reason for me to visit for second time Spain  is to see Sevilla and Alhambra.  We  missed to visit them 40 years ago, when we traveled  with Margy to Portugal from Italy, when Margy came back from  Mozambique, and back to Bulgaria. Then we stopped in Barcelona, Saragossa, Madrid and Toledo on the way to Lisbon, and back way through North Spain - in Valladolid and Burgos. Now we went in South Spain with the car of my friend from Angola Vasko Valkov.  He lives permanently now in Lisbon, Portugal with his wife Tania. Only 3 of us – me, Vasko the Grandpa and Vasko the Grandson  (student in Lisbon) traveled to Spain. The car was driven by the youngest of us Vasko Junior (only 20 y. old, me-over 80, Vasko Senior - over 70. Margy was not traveling with me for the first time. Tania was busy and didn’t come. She accompanied 2 of us (me and Vasko Senior) in out second big traveling to North Portugal. Here are posted the best photos, taken by me,  from this marvelous city in the BlogSpot for Sevilla. Plaza de Espana is the best place in Sevilla for tourists taking photos.