All posts tagged "Did you know?"

  • When the Dominicans did not want to let him Esperanza de Triana

    In 1909, when Esperanza de Triana still lived in the temple of San Jacinto is this anecdote, that year apparently the brotherhood of Triana was delayed in its return and the Dominicans (that is not today's thing that....

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • Bitterness fire

    Known is the unfortunate moment when in the Plaza de San Francisco a light that the costaleros carried under their steps lit the Virgin's mantle and that quickly spread through the clothing of the images....

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • Did you know there is a Virgin “Brave”?

    So it is called the Virgen de la Estrella. Holy Thursday, The Brotherhood of the Star went viral for its bravery, although the brave ones were the brothers who took it out on the street in 1932 during...

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • Christ who he protected Sevilla in other Epidemics

    More than six hundred years, the Holy Crucifix of St. Augustine moved mountains of faith and trusting in Him Rogation processions stood plague epidemics, They are slowed floods, is palliated drought,...

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • Did you know the Triana bridge is one of the main jewels of Seville?

    Its official name is Puente de Isabel II, since it was built under the mandate of the same, between 1845 and 1852. Its architects were the French Ferdinand Bernadet and Gustavo Steinacher. Located between Paseo de Colón...

    • Posted March 13, 2020
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  • Did you know that in Seville is the largest bronze sculpture of the Renaissance?

    It is located on the Giralda. Across the top of the tower stands the Giraldillo, which has given its name to the Giralda tower by extension. Although its original name was Triunfo de la...

    • Posted March 12, 2020
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  • Did you know the curiosities of the Plaza of Spain in Seville?

    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 ancient metropolis and its....

    • Posted March 12, 2020
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  • Did you know the Guadalquivir was deflected by the Visigoths?

    The Guadalquivir river had two channels, and one of them ran through what is now the Alameda, Trajano, Plaza Nueva, to turn off at García de Vinuesa and end at the height of the current Torre del...

    • Posted March 11, 2020
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  • This time it rang the bells of San Lorenzo

    Back in 1868 a bricklayer named Esteban Pérez lived in Seville. He was known for being available 24 hours of the day whether day or night. A cold winter night, when it was....

    • Posted March 11, 2020
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  • Did you know that there was a fair horseless?

    Fair 1990 was one of the strangest ever recorded. During that year, because of the plague equine no horse could walk through the Real. Sin jinetes ni amazonas la Feria de Abril...

    • Posted March 10, 2020
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