PLAZA DE TOROS IN SEVILLE 3, SPAIN, MAY 2018

Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza is the largest bullfighting arena in Spain. Located in the impressive 18th-century bullfighting arena Plaza de Toros is the 'Museo Taurino', a museum on the history of Bullfighting Plaza de Toros.
Bullfighting Plaza de Toros de Sevilla is the largest and most important arena for bullfighting in Spain. For example, the largest bullfighting festival in the world is held during the festival week Feria de Abril. The full name is "La Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla". The oval arena is located in the El Arenal harbour district, was built in the 18th century and can accommodate 13,000 spectators. The Plaza de Toros has a unique Baroque façade, dating from 1762-1881.
In the Plaza de Toros, there is also the 'Museum of bullfighting' with, among other things, a hall with paintings about bullfighting. The museum displays all kinds of objects that show the history and evolution of bullfighting and toreros in Spain.
Located near the bullfighting arena are several statues of people who were significant in the history of bullfighting, like the toreador's Curro Romero, Manolo Vázquez and Maria de las Mercedes from Bourbon-Sicily, the mother of King Juan Carlos
We, The Tree AMIGOS Travelers - me Stan  and two Vasko’s visited both of them. It was in May and there was no any Bullfighting, but we enjoyied the reach collection of the Museum and the large view in the Placa del Toros. I  took a lot of photos, the best of them are   posted in this blogpost of Plaza de Toros.

 

 

 

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.