All posts tagged "history of Seville"

  • Tribute Parade to Velázquez. Tercio de Olivares in Seville.
    Tribute Parade to Velázquez. Tercio de Olivares in Seville.

    Saturday 8 June 2024 At 20:00 horas Casa de Pilatos, Sevilla El desfile de homenaje a Velázquez arrancará el 8 de junio en Casa de Pilatos La VI edición del desfile de homenaje al...

    • Posted April 8, 2024
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  • Real Alcázar de Sevilla. Source: The Web Mail
    Magallanes and around the world make protagonist the Real Alcázar de Sevilla.

    scientific conference on Magallanes and Sevilla for the commemoration of the V Centenary of the first round the world. The reason for the conference is to study the eve of the trip Fermando Magallanes and Huan Sebastian Elcano. By...

    • Posted May 2, 2018
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  • Did you know what the origin of the lanterns Seville Fair?

    Before the Feria de Sevilla was not decorated with lanterns. Was in the year 1877 when due to the visit of Queen Elizabeth II of Spain to the Seville Fair, los mandatarios de Sevilla se...

    • Posted April 17, 2018
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  • Antigua Puerta de la Carne Sevilla
    Why Puerta de la Carne de Sevilla receives that name?

    Currently in Sevilla, no hay ninguna puerta presente físicamente en la zona que se conoce como la Puerta de la Carne. However despite its absence, It is one of “the doors” más conocidas que tenemos en la...

    • Posted March 15, 2018
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  • Door of Forgiveness. Seville Cathedral.
    The Santo with three coats of Sevilla

    Paul and his three hands in the Door of Forgiveness in the Cathedral of Seville, It is the curious case of the saint with three hands. Work of the sculptor Miguel Florentín, Renaissance, with manufacturing date..

    • Posted March 14, 2018
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  • 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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  • Triana district overlooking the river Guadalquivir
    Origin of name Triana district

    You had wondered how I, What is the origin of the name of the district of Triana? There are many stories and legends about the origin of Triana. Pero las que han pasado de generación en generación en...

    • Posted March 6, 2018
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