All posts tagged "Curiosities of Seville"

  • Map Mundi
    Origin of name Sevilla

    Spal to Ishbiliya got to Sevilla Sevilla origin of the name is not a simple naming dates. Because throughout history, Sevilla's name was the result of changes. Teniendo...

    • Posted March 14, 2018
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  • Bird San Pedro
    Goodbye bachelorhood with bird St Peter

    The little bird San Pedro on the facade of Church of San Pedro de Sevilla, we can see a tile with religious paintings something unusual. In the work of artist John Oliver, between images supplicants ...

    • Posted March 13, 2018
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  • Statue King Don Pedro.
    The head of King Don Pedro

    King Don Pedro, I of Castile, It is a curious and ambiguous example of justice. He was known as Peter the Justiciero, although other was known as Pedro the Cruel. After reading this text you can ...

    • Posted March 13, 2018
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  • Tile with a skull on the front of the house Susona.
    Legend Susona

    Walking through the Santa Cruz neighborhood one afternoon, I found an image on a tile, out of the ordinary, in one of the facades of houses. Far from the typical number of the house or “Villa Carmen”....

    • Posted March 13, 2018
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  • Hercules and Sevilla
    Sevilla founded by God

    It could not be otherwise. And so much beauty together in the city of Seville, I could not be the work of human person. If not the work of a true God. And the belief is maintained ...

    • Posted March 5, 2018
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  • chair-capitulate
    Meaning of the term “Who went to Sevilla, he lost his seat”

    Who went to Sevilla, he lost his chair From where he begins to remember, in Spain, It is widely used expression: – Who went to Sevilla, he lost his seat. Para referirnos a que alguien pierde una posesión por...

    • Posted March 5, 2018
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  • Cathedral of Sevilla
    hidden mysteries in the Cathedral of Seville

    hidden mysteries in the Cathedral of Seville “Let such a large church that everyone sees that makes us take for fools”. Year 1401. With this sentence begins what would be the construction of one of ...

    • Posted February 26, 2018
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  • Beautiful song dedicated to Manuel Carrasco Sevilla

    Today we bring to the obubense Manuel Carrasco Sevilla this wonderful gift. Thus he ended his concert at the Estadio de la Cartuja in June 2016. It was the first Spanish artist to gather more public ...

    • Posted March 5, 2017
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  • Where is the zero kilometer of Sevilla?

    Kilometer Zero of Sevilla sure you spent a thousand times down the street José Gestoso. But you have not noticed curious detail that keeps. This central Seville Street, situada cerca de la plaza...

    • Posted February 7, 2017
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  • What they have in common Triana Bridge, Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower?

    The center of Seville and the Triana district are separated by the river Guadalquivir and is popularly known Triana bridge which unites.   Este puente sustituyó al antiguo Puente de Barcas que...

    • Posted January 22, 2017
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