PLaza de Espana Seville Spain
by Pablo Avanzini
Title
PLaza de Espana Seville Spain
Artist
Pablo Avanzini
Medium
Photograph - Color
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The Plaza de Espana ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza located in the Parque de Maria 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 Reinaissance Revival and Moorish Revival (Neo-Mudejar) styles in Spanish architecture.
n 1929, Seville hosted the Ibero-American Exposition World's Fair, located in the celebrated Maria Luisa Park (Parque de Marķa Luisa). It was designed by Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier. The entire southern end of the city was redeveloped into an expanse of gardens and grand boulevards. The centre of it is Parque de Marķa Luisa, a 'Moorish paradisical style' with a half mile of: tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras; lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds; and with vine hidden bowers. Numerous buildings were constructed in it for
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