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Did you know the curiosities of the Plaza of Spain in Seville?

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By Sevilla AndaluNet on 12/03/2020

Spain Square was built in 1929 on the occasion of the Ibero-American Exposition.

It was designed by the great local architect Seville, Aníbal González , Its semi-elliptical shape is a symbol of the embrace between the former metropolis and its colonies. In addition, the building looks borders to the Guadalquivir, place from which the journey is undertaken to America.

It has been seen in classic films likeLawrence de Arabiaand the wind and the Lion, or more modern asStar Wars: Attack of the clonestheThe dictator. He also appeared in the series: “Down there”.

Spain Square has also 48 banks representing each province, Would have to be 50 rather than banks 48, but when the square was built, Canaries had only one province. Up 1927 not be divided in Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

Over the 48 banks Square Spain there are 48 busts representing famous people in Spanish history.

The monarch Alfonso XIII, when he first saw La Plaza de Spain went on to say: “Sirs, I knew this was nice ... but not so much“.

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